জগৃহে পৌরুষং রূপং ভগবান্মহদাদিভিঃ ।
সম্ভূতং ষোড়শকলমাদৌ লোকসিসৃক্ষয়া ॥ ২৬৬ ॥
jagrhe-accepted; paurusam rupam-the form of the purusa incarnation; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mahat-adibhih-with the material energy, etc.; sambhutam-created; sodasa-sixteen; kalam-elements; adau-in the beginning; loka-of the material worlds; sisrksaya-with a desire for the creation.
" 'In the beginning of the creation, the Lord expanded Himself in the form of the purusa incarnation, accompanied by all the ingredients of material creation. First He created the sixteen principal energies suitable for creation. This was for the purpose of manifesting the material universes.'
This is a quotation from
Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.1). For an explanation, refer to
Adi-lila, Chapter Five, verse
84.