स त्वात्मयोनिरतिविस्मित आश्रितोऽब्जं कालेन तीव्रतपसा परिशुद्धभाव: । त्वामात्मनीश भुवि गन्धमिवातिसूक्ष्मं भूतेन्द्रियाशयमये विततं ददर्श ॥ ३५ ॥
sa tv atma-yonir ativismita asrito ’bjam kalena tivra-tapasa parisuddha-bhavah tvam atmanisa bhuvi gandham ivatisuksmam bhutendriyasayamaye vitatam dadarsa
- sah
- he (Lord Brahma)
- tu
- but
- atma-yonih
- who is born without a mother (directly begotten by the father, Lord Visnu)
- ati-vismitah
- very much surprised (not finding the source of his birth)
- asritah
- situated on
- abjam
- the lotus
- kalena
- in due course of time
- tivra-tapasa
- by severe austerities
- parisuddha-bhavah
- being completely purified
- tvam
- You
- atmani
- in his body and existence
- isa
- O my Lord
- bhuvi
- within the earth
- gandham
- aroma
- iva
- like
- ati-suksmam
- very subtle
- bhuta-indriya
- composed of elements and senses
- asaya-maye
- and that filled with desires (the mind)
- vitatam
- spread out
- dadarsa
- found
Lord Brahma, who is celebrated as atma-yoni, having been born without a mother, was struck with wonder. Thus he took shelter of the lotus flower, and when he had been purified after undergoing severe austerities for many hundreds of years, he could see that the cause of all causes, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was spread throughout his own body and senses, just as aroma, although very subtle, is perceived in the earth.