अन्यथा पूर्णकामस्य कैवल्याद्यशिषां पते: । ईशितव्यै: किमस्माभिरीशस्यैतद् विडम्बनम् ॥ ४६ ॥
anyathā pūrṇa-kāmasya kaivalyādy-aśiṣāṁ pateḥ īśitavyaiḥ kim asmābhir īśasyaitad viḍambanam
- anyathā
- otherwise
- pūrṇa-kāmasya
- of Him whose every possible desire is fulfilled
- kaivalya
- of liberation
- ādi
- and others
- āśiṣām
- benedictions
- pateḥ
- the master
- īśitavyaiḥ
- with those who are meant to be controlled
- kim
- what
- asmābhiḥ
- with us
- īśasya
- of Him who is the absolute controller
- etat
- this
- viḍambanam
- pretense
Otherwise, why would the supreme controller — whose every desire is already fulfilled and who is the master of liberation and all other transcendental benedictions — enact this pretense with us, who are always to be controlled by Him?