आत्मनात्माश्रय: पूर्वं मायया ससृजे गुणान् । तैरिदं सत्यसङ्कल्प: सृजस्यत्स्यवसीश्वर: ॥ १२ ॥
ātmanātmāśrayaḥ pūrvaṁ māyayā sasṛje guṇān tair idaṁ satya-saṅkalpaḥ sṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ
- ātmanā
- by Your personal potency
- ātma
- of the spirit soul
- āśrayaḥ
- the shelter
- pūrvam
- first
- māyayā
- by Your creative energy
- sasṛje
- You produced
- guṇān
- the basic modes of material nature
- taiḥ
- through these
- idam
- this (universe)
- satya
- always realized in fact
- saṅkalpaḥ
- whose desires
- sṛjasi
- You create
- atsi
- withdraw
- avasi
- and maintain
- īśvaraḥ
- the controller
You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.