6.16
apane purusa--visvera ’nimitta’-karana
advaita-rupe ’upadana’ hana narayana
SYNONYMS
apane—personally; purusa—Lord Visnu; visvera—of the entire material world; nimitta karana—the original cause; advaita-rupe—in the form of Advaita; upadana—the material cause; hana—becomes; narayana—Lord Narayana.
Lord Visnu Himself is the efficient (nimitta) cause of the material world, and Narayana in the form of Sri Advaita is the material cause (upadana).