saḥ - that; padma-kośaḥ - bud of a lotus flower; sahasā - suddenly; udatiṣṭhat - appeared; kālena - by time; karma - fruitive activities; pratibodhanena - awakening; sva-rociṣā - by its own effulgence; tat - that; salilam - water of devastation; viśālam - vast; vidyotayan - illuminating; arkaḥ - the sun; iva - like; ātma-yoniḥ - generating from the Personality of Viṣṇu.

Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from the Personality of Viṣṇu, and by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun, and dried up the vast waters of devastation.