ऋषय ऊचु: एष विष्णोर्भगवत: कला भुवनपालिनी । इयं च लक्ष्म्या: सम्भूति: पुरुषस्यानपायिनी ॥ ३ ॥
rsaya ucuh esa visnor bhagavatah kala bhuvana-palini iyam ca laksmyah sambhutih purusasyanapayini
- rsayah ucuh
- the sages said
- esah
- this male
- visnoh
- of Lord Visnu
- bhagavatah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- kala
- expansion
- bhuvana-palini
- who maintains the world
- iyam
- this female
- ca
- also
- laksmyah
- of the goddess of fortune
- sambhutih
- expansion
- purusasya
- of the Lord
- anapayini
- inseparable.
The great sages said: The male is a plenary expansion of the power of Lord Visnu, who maintains the entire universe, and the female is a plenary expansion of the goddess of fortune, who is never separated from the Lord.