स वा एष तदा द्रष्टा नापश्यद् दृश्यमेकराट् । मेनेऽसन्तमिवात्मानं सुप्तशक्तिरसुप्तदृक् ॥ २४ ॥
sa va esa tada drasta napasyad drsyam ekarat mene ’santam ivatmanam supta-saktir asupta-drk
- sah
- the Personality of Godhead
- va
- either
- esah
- all these
- tada
- at that time
- drasta
- the seer
- na
- did not
- apasyat
- see
- drsyam
- the cosmic creation
- eka-rat
- undisputed proprietor
- mene
- thought like this
- asantam
- nonexistent
- iva
- like that
- atmanam
- plenary manifestations
- supta
- unmanifested
- saktih
- material energy
- asupta
- manifested
- drk
- internal potency.
The Lord, the undisputed proprietor of everything, was the only seer. The cosmic manifestation was not present at that time, and thus He felt imperfect without His plenary and separated parts and parcels. The material energy was dormant, whereas the internal potency was manifested.