चतुर्युगानां च सहस्रमप्सु स्वपन् स्वयोदीरितया स्वशक्त्या । कालाख्ययासादितकर्मतन्त्रो लोकानपीतान्ददृशे स्वदेहे ॥ १२ ॥
catur-yuganam ca sahasram apsu svapan svayodiritaya sva-saktya kalakhyayasadita-karma-tantro lokan apitan dadrse sva-dehe
- catuh
- four
- yuganam
- of the millenniums
- ca
- also
- sahasram
- one thousand
- apsu
- in the water
- svapan
- dreaming in sleep
- svaya
- with His internal potency
- udiritaya
- for further development
- sva-saktya
- by His own energy
- kala-akhyaya
- by the name kala
- asadita
- being so engaged
- karma-tantrah
- in the matter of fruitive activities
- lokan
- the total living entities
- apitan
- bluish
- dadrse
- saw it so
- sva-dehe
- in His own body
The Lord lay down for four thousand yuga cycles in His internal potency, and by His external energy He appeared to be sleeping within the water. When the living entities were coming out for further development of their fruitive activities, actuated by the energy called kala-sakti, He saw His transcendental body as bluish.