Verse 3

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In plain words

The poet, to the Lord: O first cause, Lord at play, who remained [through the deluge]! You became the five elements, the five senses of knowing and the five organs of action; you are the soul within the sentient beings who are other than these; you became the five subtle elements, the three [primal matter, the great principle and the ego] and the one [the mind]. In the highest heaven [Paramapadam] you are the controller of its five elements, its five senses and its five organs, and you abide there fittingly; you became the five enjoyments [sound and the rest] and the five of that world [the place and the means of enjoyment, the eternal attendants of two kinds, and the freed souls]. Who can see you [by their own effort]?