yada sisrksuh pura atmanah paro
rajah srjaty esa prthak sva-mayaya
sattvam vicitrasu riramsur isvarah
sayisyamanas tama irayaty asau
yada-when; sisrksuh-desiring to create; purah-material bodies; atmanah-for the living entities; parah-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rajah-the mode of passion; srjati-manifests; esah-He; prthak-separately, predominantly; sva-mayaya-by His own creative energy; sattvam-the mode of goodness; vicitrasu-in various types of bodies; riramsuh-desiring to act; isvarah-the Personality of Godhead; sayisyamanah-being about to conclude; tamah-the mode of ignorance; irayati-causes to rise; asau-that Supreme.