śaktayaḥ - energies; sarva-bhāvānām - of all types of creation; acintya - inconceivable; jñāna-gocarāḥ - by the range of man's knowledge; yataḥ - from whom; ataḥ - therefore; brahmaṇaḥ - from the Absolute Truth; tāḥ - those; tu - but; sarga-ādyāḥ - bringing about creation, maintenance and annihilation; bhāva-śaktayaḥ - the creative energies; bhavanti - are; tapatām - of all the ascetics; śreṣṭha - O chief; pāvakasya - of fire; yathā - as; uṣṇatā - heat.

“ ‘All the creative energies, which are inconceivable to a common man, exist in the Supreme Absolute Truth. These inconceivable energies act in the process of creation, maintenance and annihilation. O chief of the ascetics, just as there are two energies possessed by fire — namely heat and light — these inconceivable creative energies are the natural characteristics of the Absolute Truth.’