sṛṣá¹vedaá¹ manasÄ viÅ›vam
ÄtmanÄnupraviÅ›ya yaḥ
guṇaiḥ kurvadbhir ÄbhÄti
karteva svapna-dá¹›g yathÄ
tasmai namo bhagavate
tri-guṇÄya guṇÄtmane
kevalÄyÄdvitÄ«yÄya
gurave brahma-mūrtaye
sṛṣá¹vÄ - creating; idam - this; manasÄ - by His mind, simply by His desire; viÅ›vam - the universe; ÄtmanÄ - as the Supersoul; anupraviÅ›ya - subsequently entering; yaḥ - who; guṇaiḥ - by the modes of nature; kurvadbhiḥ - which are acting; ÄbhÄti - appears; kartÄ iva - as if the doer; svapna-dá¹›k - a person who is seeing a dream; yathÄ - as; tasmai - unto Him; namaḥ - obeisances; bhagavate - unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tri-guṇÄya - who possesses the three modes of nature; guṇa-Ätmane - who is the ultimate controller of the modes of nature; kevalÄya - to the pure; advitÄ«yÄya - who has no equal; gurave - the supreme spiritual master; brahma-mÅ«rtaye - the personal form of the Absolute Truth.
I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has created this entire universe simply by His desire and then entered into it as the Supersoul. By making the modes of nature act, He seems to be the direct creator of this world, just as a dreamer seems to be acting within his dream. He is the owner and ultimate controller of the three modes of nature, yet He remains alone and pure, without any equal. He is the supreme spiritual master of all, the original personal form of the Absolute Truth.
The Supreme Lord releases His material potencies, and by their interaction creation takes place. The Lord remains aloof, as the supreme transcendental entity. Still, because the entire creation unfolds according to His design and will, His controlling hand is perceived within all things. People thus imagine that God is the direct builder of this world, although He remains aloof, creating through the manipulation of His multifarious potencies.
