सृजस्यथो लुम्पसि पासि विश्वं रजस्तम:सत्त्वगुणै: स्वशक्तिभि: । न बध्यसे तद्गुणकर्मभिर्वा ज्ञानात्मनस्ते क्व च बन्धहेतु: ॥ २१ ॥
sṛjasy atho lumpasi pāsi viśvaṁ rajas-tamaḥ-sattva-guṇaiḥ sva-śaktibhiḥ na badhyase tad-guṇa-karmabhir vā jñānātmanas te kva ca bandha-hetuḥ
- sṛjasi
- You create
- atha u
- and then
- lumpasi
- You destroy
- pāsi
- You protect
- viśvam
- the universe
- rajaḥ
- known as passion
- tamaḥ
- ignorance
- sattva
- and goodness
- guṇaiḥ
- by the modes
- sva-śaktibhiḥ
- Your personal potencies
- na badhyase
- You are not bound
- tat
- of this world
- guṇa
- by the modes
- karmabhiḥ
- by the material activities
- vā
- or
- jñāna-ātmanaḥ
- who are knowledge itself
- te
- for You
- kva ca
- where at all
- bandha
- of bondage
- hetuḥ
- cause
You create, destroy and also maintain this universe with Your personal energies — the modes of passion, ignorance and goodness — yet You are never entangled by these modes or the activities they generate. Since You are the original source of all knowledge, what could ever cause You to be bound by illusion?