Text 23] The Descent of the River Ganges 149
Gd at AA al Alea
feral: Tara ga AAA: |
° a fas
mee | AGTaTHATeRTT:
“ na
Sa At ART MENEY UNRAI
yasyddya dsid guna-vigraho mahan
vijfiana-dhisnyo bhagavan ajah kila
yat-sambhavo *ham tri-urtd sva-tejasd
vaikdrikam tamasam aindriyam srje
ete vayarh yasya vase mahatmanah
sthitah sakuntd iva siitra-yantritah
mahdn aham vaikrta-tamasendriyah
srjama sarve yad-anugrahdd idam
yasya—from whom; ddyah—the beginning: dsit—there was: guna-
vigrahah—the incarnation of the material qualities; mahan—the total
material energy; vijidna—of full knowledge: dhisnyah—the reservoir:
bhagavan—the most powerful; ajah—Lord Brahma: kila—certainly:
yat—from whom: sambhavah—born; aham—I: tri-vrta —having three
varieties according to the three modes of nature; sva-tejasa—by my
material strength; vaikarikam—all the demigods; tamasam—material
elements; aindriyam—the senses: srje—I create: ete—all of these:
vayam—we; yasya—of whom; vase—under the control: mahd-at-
manah—great personalities: sthitah—situated; sakuntéh—vultures:
iwa—like; stitra-yantritah—bound by rope; mahan—the mahat-tattva;
aham—I; vaikrta—the demigods; tamasa—the five material elements:
indriyah—senses; srjamah—we create; sarve—all of us: yat—of whom:
anugrahat—by the mercy; idam—this material world.
TRANSLATION
From that Supreme Personality of Godhead appears Lord
Brahma, whose body is made from the total material energy, the
reservoir of intelligence predominated by the passionate mode
of material nature. From Lord Brahma, I myself am born as a
