य इदं लीलया विश्वं सृजत्यवति हन्ति च । चेष्टां विश्वसृजो यस्य न विदुर्मोहिताजया ॥ १५ ॥
ya idaṁ līlayā viśvaṁ sṛjaty avati hanti ca ceṣṭāṁ viśva-sṛjo yasya na vidur mohitājayā
- yaḥ
- who
- idam
- this
- līlayā
- as play
- viśvam
- universe
- sṛjati
- creates
- avati
- maintains
- hanti
- destroys
- ca
- and
- ceṣṭām
- purpose
- viśva-sṛjaḥ
- the (secondary) creators of the universe (headed by Lord Brahmā)
- yasya
- whose
- na viduḥ
- do not know
- mohitāḥ
- bewildered
- ajayā
- by His eternal deluding potency
“It is the Supreme Lord who creates, maintains and destroys this universe simply as His pastime. The cosmic creators cannot even understand His purpose, bewildered as they are by His illusory Māyā.