mahat-sraṣṭā - the creator of the total material energy; puruṣa - the person; tiṅho - He; jagat-kāraṇa - the cause of the material cosmic manifestation; ādya - original; avatāra - incarnation; kare - does; māyāya - over the material energy; īkṣaṇa - glance.

He is known as the first puruṣa, the creator of the total material energy. He, the cause of the universes, the first incarnation, casts His glance over māyā.