tvattaḥ pumān samadhigamya yayāsya vīryaḿ
dhatte mahāntam iva garbham amogha-vīryaḥ
so 'yaḿ tayānugata ātmana āṇḍa-kośaḿ
haimaḿ sasarja bahir āvaraṇair upetam
tvattah -- from You; puman -- the purusha-avatara, Maha-Vishnu; samadhigamya -- obtaining; yaya -- along with which (material nature); asya -- of this creation; viryam -- the potential seed; dhatte -- He impregnates; mahantam -- the mahat-tattva, the raw amalgamation of matter; iva garbham -- like an ordinary fetus; amogha-viryah -- He whose semen is never wasted; sah ayam -- that same (mahat-tattva); taya -- with the material nature; anugatah -- joined; atmanah -- from itself; anda-kosam -- the primeval egg of the universe; haimam -- golden; sasarja -- produced; bahih -- on its outside; avaranaih -- with several coverings; upetam -- endowed.
My dear Lord, the original purusha-avatara, Maha-Vishnu, 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 Krishna is the source of the greatest Vishnu incarnation, Maha-Vishnu, and that Maha-Vishnu acquires His creative potency from Lord Krishna. It would therefore be foolish to surmise that Lord Krishna is an expansion of Vishnu. In this regard the opinion of the demigods, headed by Brahma, can be taken as final.
