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CC Ādi 6.17

Bengali

‘নিমিত্তাংশে’ করে তেঁহো মায়াতে ঈক্ষণ ।
‘উপাদান’ অদ্বৈত করেন ব্রহ্মাণ্ড–সৃজন ॥ ১৭ ॥

Text

‘nimittāṁśe’ kare teṅho māyāte īkṣaṇa
‘upādāna’ advaita karena brahmāṇḍa-sṛjana

Synonyms

nimitta-aṁśe — in the portion as the original cause; kare — does; teṅho — He; māyāte — in the external energy; īkṣaṇa — glancing; upādāna — the material cause; advaita — Advaita Ācārya; karena — does; brahmāṇḍa-sṛjana — creation of the material world.

Translation

Lord Viṣṇu, in His efficient aspect, glances over the material energy, and Śrī Advaita, as the material cause, creates the material world.