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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.40.1
nato 'smy aham tvākhila-hetu-hetum
nārāyanam pūrusham ādyam avyayam
yan-nābhi-jātād aravinda-koshād
SYNONYMS
śrī-akrūrah uvāca — Śrī Akrūra said; natah — bowed down; asmi — am; aham — I; tvā — to You; akhila — of all; hetu — causes; hetum — the cause; nārāyanam — Lord Nārāyana; pūrusham — the Supreme Person; ādyam — original; avyayam — inexhaustible; yat — from whose; nābhi — navel; jātāt — which was generated; aravinda — of a lotus plant; koshāt — from the whorl; brahmā — Brahmā; avirāsīt — appeared; yatah — from whom; eshah — this; lokah — world.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Akrūra said: I bow down to You, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Nārāyana. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahmā appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.
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