so 'ham samamnayamayas tapomayah
praja-patinam abhivanditah patih
asthaya yogam nipunam samahitas
tam nadhyagaccham yata atma-sambhavah
sah aham-myself (the great Brahma); samamnayamayah-in the chain of disciplic succession of Vedic wisdom; tapomayah-successfully undergone all austerities; praja-patinam-of all the forefathers of living entities; abhivanditah-worshipable; patih-master; asthaya-successfully practiced; yogam-mystic powers; nipunam-very expert; samahitah-self-realized; tam-the Supreme Lord; na-did not; adhyagaccham-properly understood; yatah-from whom; atma-self; sambhavah-generated.