तामसाच्च विकुर्वाणाद्भगवद्वीर्यचोदितात् । शब्दमात्रमभूत्तस्मान्नभ: श्रोत्रं तु शब्दगम् ॥ ३२ ॥
tamasac ca vikurvanad bhagavad-virya-coditat sabda-matram abhut tasman nabhah srotram tu sabdagam
- tamasat
- from egoism in ignorance
- ca
- and
- vikurvanat
- undergoing transformation
- bhagavat-virya
- by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- coditat
- impelled
- sabda-matram
- the subtle element sound
- abhut
- was manifested
- tasmat
- from that
- nabhah
- ether
- srotram
- the sense of hearing
- tu
- then
- sabda-gam
- which catches sound.
When egoism in ignorance is agitated by the sex energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the subtle element sound is manifested, and from sound come the ethereal sky and the sense of hearing.