(And) next to the abode of Brahma appears the region of that original lord, the god Narayana who has neither beginning nor end and who is said to be the really first cause of the origin of the whole creation. Even the gods cannot behold that auspicious (place)) composed of all energies.
यमाहुः सर्वभूतानां प्रकृतेः प्रकृतिंध्रुवम्। अनादिनिधनं देवं प्रभुं नारायणं परम्॥ ब्रह्मणः सदनात् तस्य परं स्थान प्रकाशते। देवा अपि न पश्यन्ति सर्वतेजोमयं शुभम्॥