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यस्याद्य आसीद्गुणविग्रहो महान् विज्ञानधिष्ण्यो भगवानजः किल ।
यत्सम्भवो ऽहं त्रिवृता स्वतेजसा वैकारिकं तामसमैन्द्रियं सृजे ।
एते वयं यस्य वशे महात्मनः स्थिताः शकुन्ता इव सूत्रयन्त्रिताः ।
महानहं वैकृततामसेन्द्रियाः सृजाम सर्वे यदनुग्रहादिदम् ॥ २३ ॥
 
yasyadya asid guna-vigraho mahan
vijnana-dhisnyo bhagavan ajah kila
yat-sambhavo 'ham tri-vrta sva-tejasa
vaikarikam tamasam aindriyam srje
ete vayam yasya vase mahatmanah
sthitah sakunta iva sutra-yantritah
mahan aham vaikrta-tamasendriyah
srjama sarve yad-anugrahad idam
yasya-from whom; adyah-the beginning; asit-there was; guna-vigrahah-the incarnation of the material qualities; mahan-the total material energy; vijnana-of full knowledge; dhisnyah-the reservoir; bhagavan-the most powerful; ajah-Lord Brahma; kila-certainly; yat-from whom; sambhavah-born; aham-I; tri-vrta-having three varieties according to the three modes of nature; sva-tejasa-by my material strength; vaikarikam-all the demigods; tamasam-material elements; aindriyam-the senses; srje-I create; ete-all of these; vayam-we; yasya-of whom; vase-under the control; maha-atmanah-great personalities; sthitah-situated; sakuntah-vultures; iva-like; sutra-yantritah-bound by rope; mahan-the mahat-tattva; aham-I; vaikrta-the demigods; tamasa-the five material elements; indriyah-senses; srjamah-we create; sarve-all of us; yat-of whom; anugrahat-by the mercy; idam-this material world.