Ādi 6.17

TEXT 17
 
TEXT
'নিমিত্তাংশে' করে তেঁহো মায়াতে ঈক্ষণ ।
'উপাদান' অদ্বৈত করেন ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-সৃজন ॥ ১৭ ॥
'nimittamse' kare teṅho mayate iksana
'upadana' advaita karena brahmanda-srjana
SYNONYMS
nimitta-amse-in the portion as the original cause; kare-does; teṅho-He; mayate-in the external energy; iksana-glancing; upadana-the material cause; advaita-Advaita Acarya; karena-does; brahmanda-srjana-creation of the material world.
TRANSLATION
Lord Visnu, in His efficient aspect, glances over the material energy, and Sri Advaita, as the material cause, creates the material world.