sri-akrurah uvaca -- Sri Akrura said; natah -- bowed down; asmi -- am; aham -- I; tva -- to You; akhila -- of all; hetu -- causes; hetum -- the cause; narayanam -- Lord Narayana; purusham -- the Supreme Person; adyam -- original; avyayam -- inexhaustible; yat -- from whose; nabhi -- navel; jatat -- which was generated; aravinda -- of a lotus plant; koshat -- from the whorl; brahma -- Brahma; avirasit -- appeared; yatah -- from whom; eshah -- this; lokah -- world.

Sri Akrura said: I bow down to You, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Narayana. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahma appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.