निमित्तमात्रं तत्रासीन्निर्गुण: पुरुषर्षभ: । व्यक्ताव्यक्तमिदं विश्वं यत्र भ्रमति लोहवत् ॥ १७ ॥
nimitta-matram tatrasin nirgunah purusarsabhah vyaktavyaktam idam visvam yatra bhramati lohavat
- nimitta-matram
- remote cause
- tatra
- then
- asit
- was
- nirgunah
- uncontaminated
- purusa-rsabhah
- the Supreme Person
- vyakta
- manifested
- avyaktam
- unmanifested
- idam
- this
- visvam
- world
- yatra
- where
- bhramati
- moves
- loha-vat
- like iron.
My dear Dhruva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is uncontaminated by the material modes of nature. He is the remote cause of the creation of this material cosmic manifestation. When He gives the impetus, many other causes and effects are produced, and thus the whole universe moves, just as iron moves by the integrated force of a magnet.