मय्यनन्तगुणेऽनन्ते गुणतो गुणविग्रह: । यदासीत्तत एवाद्य: स्वयम्भू: समभूदज: ॥ ४८ ॥
mayy ananta-gune ’nante gunato guna-vigrahah yadasit tata evadyah svayambhuh samabhud ajah
- mayi
- in Me
- ananta-gune
- possessing unlimited potency
- anante
- unlimited
- gunatah
- from My potency known as maya
- guna-vigrahah
- the universe, which is a result of the modes of nature
- yada
- when
- asit
- it came into existence
- tatah
- therein
- eva
- indeed
- adyah
- the first living being
- svayambhuh
- Lord Brahma
- samabhut
- was born
- ajah
- although not from a material mother.
I am the reservoir of unlimited potency, and therefore I am known as unlimited or all-pervading. From My material energy the cosmic manifestation appeared within Me, and in this universal manifestation appeared the chief being, Lord Brahma, who is your source and is not born of a material mother.