न तेऽभवस्येश भवस्य कारणं विना विनोदं बत तर्कयामहे । भवो निरोध: स्थितिरप्यविद्यया कृता यतस्त्वय्यभयाश्रयात्मनि ॥ ३९ ॥
na te ’bhavasyeśa bhavasya kāraṇaṁ vinā vinodaṁ bata tarkayāmahe bhavo nirodhaḥ sthitir apy avidyayā kṛtā yatas tvayy abhayāśrayātmani
- na
- not
- te
- of Your Lordship
- abhavasya
- of whom there is no birth, death or maintenance as for an ordinary being
- īśa
- O Supreme Lord
- bhavasya
- of Your appearance, Your birth
- kāraṇam
- the cause
- vinā
- without
- vinodam
- the pastimes (despite what is said, You are not forced to come to this world by any cause)
- bata
- however
- tarkayāmahe
- we cannot argue (but must simply understand that these are Your pastimes)
- bhavaḥ
- birth
- nirodhaḥ
- death
- sthitiḥ
- maintenance
- api
- also
- avidyayā
- by the external, illusory energy
- kṛtāḥ
- done
- yataḥ
- because
- tvayi
- unto You
- abhaya-āśraya
- O fearless shelter of all
- ātmani
- of the ordinary living entity
O Supreme Lord, You are not an ordinary living entity appearing in this material world as a result of fruitive activities. Therefore Your appearance or birth in this world has no other cause than Your pleasure potency. Similarly, the living entities, who are part of You, have no cause for miseries like birth, death and old age, except when these living entities are conducted by Your external energy.