एष ह्यशेषसत्त्वानामात्मांश: परमात्मन: । आद्योऽवतारो यत्रासौ भूतग्रामो विभाव्यते ॥ ८ ॥
esa hy asesa-sattvanam atmamsah paramatmanah adyo ’vataro yatrasau bhuta-gramo vibhavyate
- esah
- this
- hi
- certainly
- asesa
- unlimited
- sattvanam
- living entities
- atma
- Self
- amsah
- part
- parama-atmanah
- of the Supersoul
- adyah
- the first
- avatarah
- incarnation
- yatra
- whereupon
- asau
- all those
- bhuta-gramah
- the aggregate creations
- vibhavyate
- flourish.
The gigantic universal form of the Supreme Lord is the first incarnation and plenary portion of the Supersoul. He is the Self of an unlimited number of living entities, and in Him rests the aggregate creation, which thus flourishes.