CC Madhya 25.110
Madhya-līlā, Chapter 25, Text 110
সৃষ্টির পূর্বে ষড়ৈশ্বর্যপূর্ণ আমি ত’ হইয়ে ।
‘প্রপঞ্চ’, ‘প্রকৃতি’, ‘পুরুষ’ আমাতেই লয়ে ॥ ১১০ ॥
‘প্রপঞ্চ’, ‘প্রকৃতি’, ‘পুরুষ’ আমাতেই লয়ে ॥ ১১০ ॥
sṛṣṭira pūrve ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa āmi ta’ ha-iye
‘prapañca’, ‘prakṛti’, ‘puruṣa’ āmātei laye
‘prapañca’, ‘prakṛti’, ‘puruṣa’ āmātei laye
Word by word
sṛṣṭira pūrve — before the creation of this cosmic manifestation; ṣaṭ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa — full of six opulences; āmi — I; ta’ ha-iye — indeed existed; prapañca — the total material energy; prakṛti — material nature; puruṣa — the living entities; āmātei laye — were all existing in Me.
Translation
“Before the creation of the cosmic manifestation,’ the Lord said, ‘I existed, and the total material energy, material nature and the living entities all existed in Me.”