yasyāḿśāḿśāḿśa-bhāgena
viśvotpatti-layodayāḥ
bhavanti kila viśvātmaḿs
taḿ tvādyāhaḿ gatiḿ gatā
yasya -- whose; amsa -- of the expansion; amsa -- of the expansion; amsa -- of the expansion; bhagena -- by a part; visva -- of the universe; utpatti -- the generation; laya -- dissolution; udayah -- and prosperity; bhavanti -- arise; kila -- indeed; visva-atman -- O Soul of all that be; tat -- to Him; tva -- Yourself; adya -- today; aham -- I; gatim -- for shelter; gata -- come.
O Soul of all that be, the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe are all carried out by a fraction of an expansion of an expansion of Your expansion. Today I have come to take shelter of You, the Supreme Lord.
Srila Sridhara Svami explains this verse as follows: The Lord of Vaikuntha, Narayana, is but one expansion of Sri Krishna. Maha-Vishnu, the first creator, is Lord Narayana's expansion. The total material energy emanates from Maha-Vishnu's glance, and of that total material energy the three modes of nature are divided portions. Thus it is Sri Krishna, acting through His expansions, who generates, sustains and dissolves the universe.
