Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1
Sanskrit:
श्रीअक्रूर उवाचनतोऽस्म्यहं त्वाखिलहेतुहेतुंनारायणं पूरुषमाद्यमव्ययम् ।यन्नाभिजातादरविन्दकोषाद्ब्रह्माविरासीद् यत एष लोक: ॥ १ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-akrūra uvācanato ’smy ahaṁ tvākhila-hetu-hetuṁnārāyaṇaṁ pūruṣam ādyam avyayamyan-nābhi-jātād aravinda-koṣādbrahmāvirāsīd yata eṣa lokaḥ
Translation:
Śrī Akrūra said: I bow down to You, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Nārāyaṇa. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahmā appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.