so ’nupraviṣṭo bhagavāṁś
so ’nupraviṣṭo bhagavāṁś
ceṣṭārūpeṇa taṁ gaṇam
bhinnaṁ saṁyojayām āsa
suptaṁ karma prabodhayan
The Lord, entering by his kriyā-śakti and awakening the dormant karmas of the jīvas, combined the elements together.
Ceṣṭā-rūpena means by the kriyā-śakti, his energy of action. Karma refers to the actions of the jīvas or their fate.
|| 3.6.4 ||
prabuddha-karmā daivena
trayoviṁśatiko gaṇaḥ
prerito ’janayat svābhir
mātrābhir adhipūruṣam
The twenty-three elements, awakening to action by the kriyā-śakti, being stimulated by the Lord, produced the universal form by their portions.
Prabuddha-karmā means the elements were endowed with the kriyā-śakti. Mātrābhiḥ means “by parts.” Adhipuruṣam is the universal form.
|| 3.6.5 ||
pareṇa viśatā svasmin
mātrayā viśva-sṛg-gaṇaḥ
cukṣobhānyonyam āsādya
yasmin lokāś carācarāḥ
The elements for creating the universe, combined together by the Lord who had entered by his portion, formed a fetus in which all the planets and living entities exist.
This verse shows how the universal form was generated. The elements which comprise creation, combining together by the Supreme Lord who had entered into them by his portion (mātrayā) --assuming a condition where their main qualities manifested-- became transformed into a fetus.
|| 3.6.6 ||
hiraṇmayaḥ sa puruṣaḥ
sahasra-parivatsarān
āṇḍa-kośa uvāsāpsu
sarva-sattvopabṛṁhitaḥ
This golden universal form, containing all the resting jīvas, remained in the waters within the universe for a thousand years.
This golden form was the totality of the universe (samaṣṭi-virāṭ). He remained in the waters of the Garbodaka which were within the shell of the universe made of fourteen planetary systems. Or he remained in the universe which was in the Kāraṇa water. He was filled with the jīvas who were resting.
|| 3.6.7 ||
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