क्ष्माम्भोऽनलानिलवियन्मनइन्द्रियार्थ- भूतादिभि: परिवृतं प्रतिसञ्जिहीर्षु: । अव्याकृतं विशति यर्हि गुणत्रयात्मा कालं पराख्यमनुभूय पर: स्वयम्भू: ॥ ९ ॥
ksmambho-’nalanila-viyan-mana-indriyartha- bhutadibhih parivrtam pratisanjihirsuh avyakrtam visati yarhi guna-trayatma kalam parakhyam anubhuya parah svayambhuh
- ksma
- earth
- ambhah
- water
- anala
- fire
- anila
- air
- viyat
- ether
- manah
- mind
- indriya
- the senses
- artha
- the objects of the senses
- bhuta
- ego
- adibhih
- and so on
- parivrtam
- covered by
- pratisanjihirsuh
- desiring to dissolve
- avyakrtam
- the changeless spiritual sky
- visati
- he enters
- yarhi
- at which time
- guna-traya-atma
- consisting of the three modes
- kalam
- the time
- para-akhyam
- two parardhas
- anubhuya
- after experiencing
- parah
- the chief
- svayambhuh
- Lord Brahma
After experiencing the inhabitable time of the three modes of material nature, known as two parardhas, Lord Brahma closes the material universe, which is covered by layers of earth, water, air, fire, ether, mind, ego, etc., and goes back to Godhead.