Text
ghaṭera nimitta-hetu yaiche kumbhakāra
taiche jagatera kartā—puruṣāvatāra
Synonyms
ghatera—of the earthen pot; nimitta-hetu—original cause; yaiche—just as; kumbhakāra—the potter; taiche—similarly; jagatera karta—the creator of the material world; purusa-avatāra—the puruṣa incarnation, or Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu. ¶
Translation
Just as the original cause of an earthen pot is the potter, so the creator of the material world is the first puruṣa incarnation [Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu]. ¶