येन प्रजानामुत आत्मकर्म- रूपाभिधानां य भिदां व्यधत्त । नारायणो विश्वसृगात्मयोनि- रेतच्च नो वर्णय विप्रवर्य ॥ ९ ॥
yena prajanam uta atma-karma- rupabhidhanam ca bhidam vyadhatta narayano visvasrg atma-yonir etac ca no varnaya vipra-varya
- yena
- by which
- prajanam
- of those who are born
- uta
- as also
- atma-karma
- destined engagement
- rupa
- form and feature
- abhidhanam
- endeavors
- ca
- also
- bhidam
- differentiation
- vyadhatta
- dispersed
- narayanah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- visvasrk
- the creator of the universe
- atma-yonih
- self-sufficient
- etat
- all these
- ca
- also
- nah
- unto us
- varnaya
- describe
- vipra-varya
- O chief amongst the brahmanas.
O chief amongst the brahmanas, please also describe how Narayana, the creator of the universe and the self-sufficient Lord, has differently created the natures, activities, forms, features and names of the different living creatures.