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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.8.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- tasyārtha-sūkṣmābhiniviṣṭa-dṛṣṭer
- antar-gato 'rtho rajasā tanīyān
- guṇena kālānugatena viddhaḥ
- sūṣyaṁs tadābhidyata nābhi-deśāt
tasyaHis — His; arthasubject — subject; sūkṣmasubtle — subtle; abhiniviṣṭaof one whose attention was fixed-dṛṣṭeḥof one whose attention was fixed — of one whose attention was fixed; antaḥinternal-gataḥinternal — internal; arthaḥpurpose — purpose; rajasāby the mode of passion of material nature — by the mode of passion of material nature; tanīyānvery subtle — very subtle; guṇenaby the qualities — by the qualities; kālain due course of time-anugatenain due course of time — in due course of time; viddhaḥagitated — agitated; sūṣyangenerating — generating; tadāthen — then; abhidyatapierced through — pierced through; nābhifrom the abdomen-deśātfrom the abdomen — from the abdomen.
The subtle subject matter of creation, on which the Lord's attention was fixed, was agitated by the material mode of passion, and thus the subtle form of creation pierced through His abdomen.