Word meanings
- ajaḥ
- unborn
- api
- although
- san
- being so
- avyaya ātmā
- Imperishable nature
- bhūtānām
- of (all) beings
- īśvaraḥ
- the Lord
- api
- although
- san
- being
- prakṛtim
- nature
- svām
- of myself
- adhiṣṭhāya
- situated
- sambhavāmi
- I manifest
- ātma-māyayā
- by my Yogmaya power
Translations
Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, governing my own nature, I am born by my own Maya.
There is no beginning to Me. Though I am imperishable and the Lord of all that exists, I manifest Myself by My own will and power.
Though I am birthless and undecaying by nature, and the Lord of beings, yet by subjugating My Prakriti, I take birth through My own Maya.
मैं अजन्मा और अविनाशी-स्वरूप होते हुए भी तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंका ईश्वर होते हुए भी अपनी प्रकृतिको अधीन करके अपनी योगमायासे प्रकट होता हूँ।Commentary
Man is bound by Karma. So he takes birth. He is under the clutches of Nature. He, is deluded by the three alities of Nature whereas the Lord has Maya under His perfect control. He rules over Nature, and so He is not under the thraldom of the alities o Nature. He appears to be born and embodied through His own Maya or illusory power, but is not so in reality. His embodiment is , as a matter of fact, apparent? It cannot affect in the least His true divine nature. (Cf.IX.8).