अभूवमहमित्यन्यः प्रजानाथः प्रजापतेः । काकतालीयवत् कश्चिद्भवति प्रतिभामयः ॥ १९ ॥
abhūvamahamityanyaḥ prajānāthaḥ prajāpatēḥ | kākatālīyavat kaścidbhavati pratibhāmayaḥ || 19 ||
Translation
"I have come to be": so another lord of creatures than the former Prajāpati comes to be, as by chance, made of intuition.
Word by word
- abhūvam
- have come to be
- aham
- I
- itya
- (iti) so
- anyaḥ
- another
- prajānāthaḥ
- lord of creatures
- prajāpatēḥ
- than Prajāpati
- kākatālīyavat
- as by chance
- kaścid
- (kaścit) one
- bhavati
- comes to be
- pratibhā
- intuition
- mayaḥ
- made of
Meaning
The commentary: when the ignorance bearing the former creator's impressions is sublated by knowledge of its ground, another creator arises "as by chance", suddenly, made of intuition, a being of mind. The new Brahmā's first thought is simply "I am"; it has no past to stand on.