यस्य ब्रह्मादयो देवा वेदा लोकाश्चराचरा: । नामरूपविभेदेन फल्ग्व्या च कलया कृता: ॥ २२ ॥ यथार्चिषोऽग्ने: सवितुर्गभस्तयो निर्यान्ति संयान्त्यसकृत् स्वरोचिष: । तथा यतोऽयं गुणसम्प्रवाहो बुद्धिर्मन: खानि शरीरसर्गा: ॥ २३ ॥ स वै न देवासुरमर्त्यतिर्यङ् न स्त्री न षण्ढो न पुमान् न जन्तु: । नायं गुण: कर्म न सन्न चासन् निषेधशेषो जयतादशेष: ॥ २४ ॥
yasya brahmadayo deva veda lokas caracarah nama-rupa-vibhedena phalgvya ca kalaya krtah yatharciso ’gneh savitur gabhastayo niryanti samyanty asakrt sva-rocisah tatha yato ’yam guna-sampravaho buddhir manah khani sarira-sargah sa vai na devasura-martya-tiryan na stri na sandho na puman na jantuh nayam gunah karma na san na casan nisedha-seso jayatad asesah
- yasya
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who
- brahma-adayah
- the great demigods, headed by Lord Brahma
- devah
- and other demigods
- vedah
- the Vedic knowledge
- lokah
- different personalities
- cara-acarah
- the moving and the nonmoving (like trees and plants)
- nama-rupa
- of different names and different forms
- vibhedena
- by such divisions
- phalgvya
- who are less important
- ca
- also
- kalaya
- by the parts
- krtah
- created
- yatha
- as
- arcisah
- the sparks
- agneh
- of fire
- savituh
- from the sun
- gabhastayah
- the shining particles
- niryanti
- emanate from
- samyanti
- and enter into
- asakrt
- again and again
- sva-rocisah
- as parts and parcels
- tatha
- similarly
- yatah
- the Personality of Godhead from whom
- ayam
- this
- guna-sampravahah
- continuous manifestation of the different modes of nature
- buddhih manah
- the intelligence and mind
- khani
- the senses
- sarira
- of the body (gross and subtle)
- sargah
- the divisions
- sah
- that Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vai
- indeed
- na
- is not
- deva
- demigod
- asura
- demon
- martya
- human being
- tiryak
- bird or beast
- na
- neither
- stri
- woman
- na
- nor
- sandhah
- neuter
- na
- neither
- puman
- man
- na
- nor
- jantuh
- living being or animal
- na ayam
- nor is He
- gunah
- material quality
- karma
- fruitive activity
- na
- is not
- sat
- manifestation
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- asat
- nonmanifestation
- nisedha
- of the discrimination of neti neti (“not this, not this”)
- sesah
- He is the end
- jayatat
- all glories unto Him
- asesah
- who is unlimited
The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates His minor parts and parcels, the jiva-tattva, beginning with Lord Brahma, the demigods and the expansions of Vedic knowledge [Sama, Rg, Yajur and Atharva] and including all other living entities, moving and nonmoving, with their different names and characteristics. As the sparks of a fire or the shining rays of the sun emanate from their source and merge into it again and again, the mind, the intelligence, the senses, the gross and subtle material bodies, and the continuous transformations of the different modes of nature all emanate from the Lord and again merge into Him. He is neither demigod nor demon, neither human nor bird or beast. He is not woman, man, or neuter, nor is He an animal. He is not a material quality, a fruitive activity, a manifestation or nonmanifestation. He is the last word in the discrimination of “not this, not this,” and He is unlimited. All glories to the Supreme Personality of Godhead!