ŚB 10.40.1
Devanagari
श्रीअक्रूर उवाच
नतोऽस्म्यहं त्वाखिलहेतुहेतुं
नारायणं पूरुषमाद्यमव्ययम् ।
यन्नाभिजातादरविन्दकोषाद्
ब्रह्माविरासीद् यत एष लोक: ॥ १ ॥
नतोऽस्म्यहं त्वाखिलहेतुहेतुं
नारायणं पूरुषमाद्यमव्ययम् ।
यन्नाभिजातादरविन्दकोषाद्
ब्रह्माविरासीद् यत एष लोक: ॥ १ ॥
Verse text
śrī-akrūra uvāca
nato ’smy ahaṁ tvākhila-hetu-hetuṁ
nārāyaṇaṁ pūruṣam ādyam avyayam
yan-nābhi-jātād aravinda-koṣād
brahmāvirāsīd yata eṣa lokaḥ
nato ’smy ahaṁ tvākhila-hetu-hetuṁ
nārāyaṇaṁ pūruṣam ādyam avyayam
yan-nābhi-jātād aravinda-koṣād
brahmāvirāsīd yata eṣa lokaḥ
Synonyms
śrī-akrūraḥ uvāca — Śrī Akrūra said; nataḥ — bowed down; asmi — am; aham — I; tvā — to You; akhila — of all; hetu — causes; hetum — the cause; nārāyaṇam — Lord Nārāyaṇa; pūruṣam — the Supreme Person; ādyam — original; avyayam — inexhaustible; yat — from whose; nābhi — navel; jātāt — which was generated; aravinda — of a lotus plant; koṣāt — from the whorl; brahmā — Brahmā; avirāsīt — appeared; yataḥ — from whom; eṣaḥ — this; lokaḥ — world.
Translation
Śrī Akrūra said: I bow down to You, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Nārāyaṇa. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahmā appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.