Word meanings
- prakṛtim
- the material energy
- svām
- my own
- avaṣṭabhya
- presiding over
- visṛjāmi
- generate
- punaḥ punaḥ
- again and again
- bhūta-grāmam
- myriad forms
- imam
- these
- kṛtsnam
- all
- avaśam
- beyond their control
- prakṛteḥ
- nature
- vaśāt
- force
Translations
Animating My Nature, I again and again send forth all this multitude of beings, helpless under the force of Nature.
With the help of Nature, I again and again pour forth the whole multitude of beings, whether they will or not, for they are ruled by My will.
Keeping My own prakṛti under control, I project forth again and again this multitude of beings, which are powerless due to the influence of their own nature.
प्रकृतिके वशमें होनेसे परतन्त्र हुए इस सम्पूर्ण प्राणिसमुदायको मैं (कल्पोंके आदिमें) अपनी प्रकृतिको वशमें करके बार-बार रचता हूँ।Commentary
The Lord leans on, presses or embraces Nature. He invigorates and fertilises Nature which had gone to sleep at the end of the Mahakalpa or universal dissolution and projects again and again this whole multitude of beings. He gazes at each level and plane after plane comes into being. The term Prakriti denotes or indicates the five Kleshas or afflictions, viz.? Avidya (ignorance)? Asmita (egoism)? Raga (likes)? Dvesha (dislikes) and Abhinivesa (clinging to earthly life). (Cf.IV.6)