ghaṭera - of the earthen pot; nimitta-hetu - original cause; yaiche - just as; kumbhakāra - the potter; taiche - similarly; jagatera kartā - the creator of the material world; puruṣa-avatāra - the puruṣa incarnation, or Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu.

Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first puruṣa incarnation [Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu].