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Chapter 8: Manifestation of Brahmā from Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu

Verse 13 of 33
SB 3.8.13

तस्यार्थसूक्ष्माभिनिविष्टदृष्टेरन्तर्गतो ऽर्थो रजसा तनीयान् गुणेन कालानुगतेन विद्धः सूष्यंस्तदाभिद्यत नाभिदेशात्

tasyārthasūkṣmābhiniviṣṭa-dṛṣṭer antar-gato 'rtho rajasā tanīyān guṇena kālānugatena viddhaḥ sūṣyaṁs tadābhidyata nābhideśāt

Synonyms

tasya—His; artha—subject; sūkṣma—subtle; abhiniviṣṭa-dṛṣṭeḥ—of one whose attention was fixed; antaḥ-gataḥ—internal; arthaḥ—purpose; rajasā—by the mode of passion of material nature; tanīyān—very subtle; guṇena—by the qualities; kāla-anugatena—in due course of time; viddhaḥ—agitated; sūṣyaḥ—generating; tat—that; abhidyata—pierced into; nābhideśāt—from the abdomen..

Translation

The subtle subject matter of creation, on which the Lord's attention was fixed, was agitated by the material mode of passion, and thus the subtle form of creation pierced through His abdomen.

Verse 13 of 33