स पद्मकोशः सहसोदतिष्ठत् कालेन कर्मप्रतिबोधनेन ।
स्वरोचिषा तत्सलिलं विशालं विद्योतयन्नर्क इवात्मयोनिः ॥ १४ ॥
sa padma-kosah sahasodatisthat
kalena karma-pratibodhanena
sva-rocisa tat salilam visalam
vidyotayann arka ivatma-yonih
sah-that; padma-kosah-bud of a lotus flower; sahasa-suddenly; udatisthat-appeared; kalena-by time; karma-fruitive activities; pratibodhanena-awakening; sva-rocisa-by its own effulgence; tat-that; salilam-water of devastation; visalam-vast; vidyotayan-illuminating; arkah-the sun; iva-like; atma-yonih-generating from the Personality of Visnu.
Piercing through, this sum total form of the fruitive activity of the living entities took the shape of the bud of a lotus flower generated from the Personality of Visnu, and by His supreme will it illuminated everything, like the sun, and dried up the vast waters of devastation.