जन्म कर्म च विश्वात्मन्नजस्याकर्तुरात्मन: । तिर्यङ्नृषिषु याद:सु तदत्यन्तविडम्बनम् ॥ ३० ॥
janma karma ca visvatmann ajasyakartur atmanah tiryan-nrsisu yadahsu tad atyanta-vidambanam
- janma
- birth
- karma
- activity
- ca
- and
- visva-atman
- O soul of the universe
- ajasya
- of the unborn
- akartuh
- of the inactive
- atmanah
- of the vital energy
- tiryak
- animal
- nr
- human being
- rsisu
- in the sages
- yadahsu
- in the water
- tat
- that
- atyanta
- veritable
- vidambanam
- bewildering.
Of course it is bewildering, O soul of the universe, that You work, though You are inactive, and that You take birth, though You are the vital force and the unborn. You Yourself descend amongst animals, men, sages and aquatics. Verily, this is bewildering.