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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.16.57

త్వయా సృష్టమిదం విశ్వం ధాతర్గుణవిసర్జనమ్ । నానాస్వభావవీర్యౌజోయోనిబీజాశయాకృతి ॥ ౫౭ ॥
tvayā sṛṣṭam idaṁ viśvaṁ
[tvayaa srishtam idam vishvam]
dhātar guṇa-visarjanam
[dhaatar guna-visarjanam]
nānā-svabhāva-vīryaujo-
[naanaa-svabhaava-veeryaujo-]
yoni-bījāśayākṛti
[yoni-beejaashayaakriti]
Word-for-word
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 .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tvayā sṛṣṭam idaṁ viśvaṁ
tvayā
by You
sṛṣṭam
created
idam
this
viśvam
universe
dhātar guṇa-visarjanam
dhātaḥ
O supreme provider
guṇa
of the material modes
visarjanam
the variegated creation
nānā-svabhāva-vīryaujo-
nānā
various
sva - bhāva
personal natures
vīrya
varieties of sensory strength
ojaḥ
and physical strength
yoni-bījāśayākṛti
yoni
wombs
bīja
seeds
āśaya
mentalities
ākṛti
and forms .
Important Words
  • sṛṣṭam — created
    From √sṛj — to emit, to create. Bhagavān's sṛṣṭi is total — including even the modes that make snakes angry. Gauḍīya: nothing is outside His creative hand, including the conditions of the conditioned.
  • dhātaḥ — O supreme provider / arranger
    From √dhā — to place, to arrange. Bhagavān as Vidhātṛ — the placer. The verse's vocative honors Him not as judge but as arranger of every variety, including Kāliya's variety.
  • guṇa - visarjanam — the production (variegation) of (creatures) by the modes
    Compound: guṇa + visarjana (sending forth). The modes produce the variety of species. Bhāgavata cosmology: the same three modes account for all biological diversity. Gauḍīya: this is no insult — it is creation theology.
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.
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.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
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.
Commentary

"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."

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

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.

Related values & verses
Related values
Hrih (Modesty / Sense of Shame)Satya (Truthfulness)
Related verses
BG 10.1 BG 2.66 BG 5.8 BG 3.27 BG 13.1 BG 12.2 BG 12.5 BG 9.1 BG 3.3 BG 3.13 BG 15.1 BG 7.8 BG 1.41 BG 5.1
Concepts
BhavaGuna
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Analogy

You created this universe with its variegated modes, its many species, its varieties of strength and weakness, of fathers and mothers and mentalities. Even my serpent-nature came from Your arrangement. Kāliya situates himself inside Bhagavān's creation — not as an accident but as a placed creature.

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