tvattaḥ pumÄn samadhigamya yayÄsya vÄ«ryaá¹
dhatte mahÄntam iva garbham amogha-vÄ«ryaḥ
so 'yaá¹ tayÄnugata Ätmana Äṇá¸a-koÅ›aá¹
haimaá¹ sasarja bahir Ävaraṇair upetam
tvattaḥ - from You; pumÄn - the puruá¹£a-avatÄra, MahÄ-Viṣṇu; samadhigamya - obtaining; yayÄ - along with which (material nature); asya - of this creation; vÄ«ryam - the potential seed; dhatte - He impregnates; mahÄntam - the mahat-tattva, the raw amalgamation of matter; iva garbham - like an ordinary fetus; amogha-vÄ«ryaḥ - He whose semen is never wasted; saḥ ayam - that same (mahat-tattva); tayÄ - with the material nature; anugataḥ - joined; Ätmanaḥ - from itself; Äṇá¸a-koÅ›am - the primeval egg of the universe; haimam - golden; sasarja - produced; bahiḥ - on its outside; Ävaraṇaiḥ - with several coverings; upetam - endowed.
My dear Lord, the original puruá¹£a-avatÄra, MahÄ-Viṣṇu, acquires His creative potency from You. Thus with infallible energy He impregnates material nature, producing the mahat-tattva. Then the mahat-tattva, the amalgamated material energy, endowed with the potency of the Lord, produces from itself the primeval golden egg of the universe, which is covered by various layers of material elements.
In the previous verses the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead has been established in relation to the living entity and material nature. In this verse it is clearly stated that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the source of the greatest Viṣṇu incarnation, MahÄ-Viṣṇu, and that MahÄ-Viṣṇu acquires His creative potency from Lord Kṛṣṇa. It would therefore be foolish to surmise that Lord Kṛṣṇa is an expansion of Viṣṇu. In this regard the opinion of the demigods, headed by BrahmÄ, can be taken as final.
