भगवानेक आसेदमग्र आत्मात्मनां विभु: । आत्मेच्छानुगतावात्मा नानामत्युपलक्षण: ॥ २३ ॥
bhagavan eka asedam agra atmatmanam vibhuh atmecchanugatav atma nana-maty-upalaksanah
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- ekah
- one without a second
- asa
- was there
- idam
- this creation
- agre
- prior to the creation
- atma
- in His own form
- atmanam
- of the living entities
- vibhuh
- master
- atma
- Self
- iccha
- desire
- anugatau
- being merged in
- atma
- Self
- nana-mati
- different vision
- upalaksanah
- symptoms.
The Personality of Godhead, the master of all living entities, existed prior to the creation as one without a second. It is by His will only that creation is made possible and again everything merges in Him. This Supreme Self is symptomized by different names.