jāte 'ṅkure katham uhopalabheta bījam

tat-sambhavah-who was generated from that lotus flower; kavih-he who can understand the subtle cause of creation (Lord Brahma); atah-from that (lotus); anyat-anything else; apasyamanah-not able to see; tvam-Your Lordship; bijam-the cause of the lotus; atmani-in himself; tatam-expanded; sah-he (Lord Brahma); bahih vicintya-considering to be external; na-not; avindat-understood (You); abda-satam-for a hundred years according to the demigods;* apsu-in the water; nimajjamanah-diving; jate aṅkure-when the seed fructifies and is manifested as a creeper; katham-how; uha-O my Lord; upalabheta-one can perceive; bijam-the seed that has already fructified.