taptam tapo vividha-loka-sisrksaya me
adau sanat sva-tapasah sa catuh-sano 'bhut
prak-kalpa-samplava-vinastam ihatma-tattvam
samyag jagada munayo yad acaksatatman
taptam-having undergone austerities; tapah-penance; vividha-loka-different planetary systems; sisrksaya-desiring to create; me-of mine; adau-at first; sanat-from the Personality of Godhead; sva-tapasah-by dint of my own penances; sah-He, the Lord; catuh-sanah-the four bachelors named Sanat-kumara, Sanaka, Sanandana and Sanatana; abhut-appeared; prak-previous; kalpa-creation; samplava-in the inundation; vinastam-devastated; iha-in this material world; atma-the spirit; tattvam-truth; samyak-in complete; jagada-became manifested; munayah-sages; yat-that which; acaksata-saw clearly; atman-the spirit.