Ādi 6.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

'নিমিত্তাংশে' করে তেঁহো মায়াতে ঈক্ষণ ।
'উপাদান' অদ্বৈত করেন ব্রহ্মাণ্ড-সৃজন ॥ ১৭ ॥

'nimittamse' kare tehho mayate iksana

'upadana' advaita karena brahmanḍa-srjana

SYNONYMS

nimitta-amse-in the portion as the original cause; kare-does; tehho-He; mayate-in the external energy; iksana-glancing; upadana-the material cause; advaita-Advaita Acarya; karena-does; brahmanḍa-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.

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