उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् | सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ||३-२४||
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham . saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ ||3-24||
- utsīdeyuḥ
- would be put into ruin
- ime
- all these
- lokāḥ
- worlds
- na
- not
- kuryām
- I perform
- karma
- prescribed duties
- cet
- if
- aham
- I
- saṅkarasya
- of unwanted population
- ca
- and
- kartā
- creator
- syām
- would be
- upahanyām
- would destroy
- imāḥ
- all these
- prajāḥ
- living entities
If I did not perform prescribed duties, all these worlds would be put to ruination. I would be the cause of creating unwanted population, and I would thereby destroy the peace of all living beings.