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ŚB 12.12.9

Devanagari

तत: प्राकृतिक: सर्ग: सप्त वैकृतिकाश्च ये ।
ततो ब्रह्माण्डसम्भूतिर्वैराज: पुरुषो यत: ॥ ९ ॥

Text

tataḥ prākṛtikaḥ sargaḥ
sapta vaikṛtikāś ca ye
tato brahmāṇḍa-sambhūtir
vairājaḥ puruṣo yataḥ

Synonyms

tataḥ — then; prākṛtikaḥ — from material nature; sargaḥ — the creation; sapta — the seven; vaikṛtikāḥ — stages of creation derived by transformation; ca — and; ye — which; tataḥ — then; brahma-aṇḍa — of the universal egg; sambhūtiḥ — the construction; vairājaḥ puruṣaḥ — the universal form of the Lord; yataḥ — from which.

Translation

The creation effected by the agitation of the modes of material nature, the seven stages of evolution by elemental transformation, and the construction of the universal egg, from which arises the universal form of the Supreme Lord — all these are thoroughly described.