Verse 2.3.20-21

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 2.3.20-21:

महा-रूप-धरैर् वारि-तेजो-वाय्व्-अम्बरैस् तथा ।
अहङ्कार-महद्भ्यां च स्व-स्वावरणतोऽर्चितम् ॥ २० ॥
क्रमेण मत्स्यं सुर्यं च प्रद्युम्नम् अनिरुद्धकम् ।
सङ्कर्षणं वासुदेवं भगवन्तम् अलोकयम् ॥ २१ ॥

mahā-rūpa-dharair vāri-tejo-vāyv-ambarais tathā |
ahaṅkāra-mahadbhyāṃ ca sva-svāvaraṇato'rcitam || 20 ||
krameṇa matsyaṃ suryaṃ ca pradyumnam aniruddhakam |
saṅkarṣaṇaṃ vāsudevaṃ bhagavantam alokayam || 21 ||

mahā–great; rūpa–forms; dharaiḥ–assuming; vāri–water; tejaḥ–fire; vāyu–air; ambaraiḥ–ether; tathā–then; ahaṅkāra - false ego; mahadbhyām–with the total material energy; ca–and; sva-svaāvaraṇataḥ–from their respective coverings; arcitam–worshiped; krameṇa–in sequence; matsyam–Matsya; sūryam–Sūrya; ca–also; pradyumnam–Pradyumna; aniruddhakam–Aniruddha; saṅkarṣaṇam–Saṅkarṣaṇa; vāsudevam–and Vāsudeva; bhagavantam–the Lord; alokayam–I saw.

In their respective layers, I saw that the presiding Deities of water, fire, air, ether, ego, and the total material energy (mahat-tattva) had assumed gigantic forms and were worshiping Bhagavān’s respective manifestations: Matsya, Sūrya, Pradyumna, Aniruddha, Saṅkarṣaṇa, and Vāsudeva.

Commentary: Dig-darśinī-ṭīkā with Bhāvānuvāda

(By Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī himself including a deep purport of that commentary)

Śrī Gopa-kumāra says, “I saw that the presiding Deities of the six coverings (water, etc.) had accepted massive bodies. I also saw that Bhagavān was being worshiped in the forms of Matsya, Sūrya, etc., one after another.” A different form of Bhagavān was visible in each successive layer–Matsya in the layer of water, Sūrya in the layer of fire, and so on–according to the names as listed in the verse.