anilenanvitam jyotir

 vikurvat paraviksitam

adhattambho rasa-mayam

 kala-mayamsa-yogatah

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

When electricity was surcharged in the air and was glanced over by the Supreme, at that time, by a mixture of eternal time and external energy, there occurred the creation of water and taste.