यथा हि भूतेषु चराचरेषु मह्यादयो योनिषु भान्ति नाना । एवं भवान् केवल आत्मयोनि- ष्वात्मात्मतन्त्रो बहुधा विभाति ॥ २० ॥
yathā hi bhūteṣu carācareṣu mahy-ādayo yoniṣu bhānti nānā evaṁ bhavān kevala ātma-yoniṣv ātmātma-tantro bahudhā vibhāti
- yathā
- as
- hi
- indeed
- bhūteṣu
- among manifested beings
- cara
- mobile
- acareṣu
- and immobile
- mahī-ādayaḥ
- earth and so on (the primary elements of creation)
- yoniṣu
- in species
- bhānti
- manifest
- nānā
- variously
- evam
- so
- bhavān
- You
- kevalaḥ
- one alone
- ātma
- Yourself
- yoniṣu
- in those whose source
- ātmā
- the Supreme Soul
- ātma-tantraḥ
- self-reliant
- bahudhā
- manifold
- vibhāti
- appear
Just as the primary elements — earth and so on — manifest themselves in abundant variety among all the species of mobile and immobile life, so You, the one independent Supreme Soul, appear to be manifold among the variegated objects of Your creation.