tvam nas tapah paramam attha yad atma-tejo
yenedam adi-purusatma-gatam sasarktha
tad vipraluptam amunadya saranya-pala
raksa-grhita-vapusa punar anvamamsthah
sri-rsayah ucuh-the great sages said; tvam-You; nah-our; tapah-austerity; paramam-topmost; attha-instructed; yat-which; atma-tejah-Your spiritual power; yena-by which; idam-this (material world); adi-purusa-O supreme original Personality of Godhead; atma-gatam-merged within Yourself; sasarktha-(You) created; tat-that process of austerity and penance; vipraluptam-stolen; amuna-by that demon (Hiranyakasipu); adya-now; saranya-pala-O supreme maintainer of those who need to be sheltered; raksa-grhita-vapusa-by Your body, which You accept to give protection; punah-again; anvamamsthah-You have approved.