Devanagari
त्वया सृष्टमिदं विश्वं धातर्गुणविसर्जनम् ।
नानास्वभाववीर्यौजोयोनिबीजाशयाकृति ॥ ५७ ॥
Verse text
tvayā sṛṣṭam idaṁ viśvaṁ
dhātar guṇa-visarjanam
nānā-svabhāva-vīryaujo-
yoni-bījāśayākṛti
Synonyms
tvayā
—
by You
;
sṛṣṭam
—
created
;
idam
—
this
;
viśvam
—
universe
;
dhātaḥ
—
O supreme provider
;
guṇa
—
of the material modes
;
visarjanam
—
the variegated creation
;
nānā
—
various
;
sva
—
bhāva — personal natures
;
vīrya
—
varieties of sensory strength
;
ojaḥ
—
and physical strength
;
yoni
—
wombs
;
bīja
—
seeds
;
āśaya
—
mentalities
;
ākṛti
—
and forms .
Translation
O supreme creator, it is You who generate this universe, composed of the variegated arrangement of the material modes, and in the process You manifest various kinds of personalities and species, varieties of sensory and physical strength, and varieties of mothers and fathers with variegated mentalities and forms.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O supreme creator, it is You who generate this universe, composed of the variegated arrangement of the material modes, and in the process You manifest various kinds of personalities and species, varieties of sensory and physical strength, and varieties of mothers and fathers with variegated mentalities and forms.
KB 10.16.57
“My dear Lord,” Kāliya continued, “You are the original creator of the modes of material nature, by which the universe is created. You are the cause of the different kinds of mentality possessed by living creatures, by which they have obtained different varieties of bodies.
Purport
Commenting on this verse, Śrīla Madhvācārya has quoted the
Nārada Purāṇa
as follows: “From Hiraṇyagarbha, Brahmā, comes the second creation of this universe, but the universe is primarily created by Viṣṇu Himself. Viṣṇu is thus the primary creator, and four-headed Brahmā is merely the secondary creator.”
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
"You have made a universe with great variety through operation of the gunas (gunair visarjanam): a variety of natures, various strength of bodies and sense organs (virya, oja), distinctions of mother and father (yoni, bija), various desires and various forms."
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
He elaborates in one and a half verses. “Brahmā carries out creation not me.” In reply Kāliya says “O creator (dhātar)! You create in that particular form.” Svabhāva refers to qualities like peacefulness. Vīrya is strength of the body and ojas is strength of the senses. Yoni refers to mother and bīja refers to father. Aśaya refers to desires. Ākṛti means form.