त्वं वै सिसृक्षुरज उत्कटं प्रभो तमो निरोधाय बिभर्ष्यसंवृत: । स्थानाय सत्त्वं जगतो जगत्पते काल: प्रधानं पुरुषो भवान् पर: ॥ २९ ॥
tvaṁ vai sisṛkṣur aja utkaṭaṁ prabho tamo nirodhāya bibharṣy asaṁvṛtaḥ sthānāya sattvaṁ jagato jagat-pate kālaḥ pradhānaṁ puruṣo bhavān paraḥ
- tvam
- You
- vai
- indeed
- sisṛkṣuḥ
- desiring to create
- ajaḥ
- unborn
- utkaṭam
- prominent
- prabho
- O master
- tamaḥ
- the mode of ignorance
- nirodhāya
- for annihilation
- bibharṣi
- You assume
- asaṁvṛtaḥ
- uncovered
- sthānāya
- for maintenance
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- jagataḥ
- of the universe
- jagat-pate
- O Lord of the universe
- kālaḥ
- time
- pradhānam
- material nature (in its original, undifferentiated state)
- puruṣaḥ
- the creator (who interacts with material nature)
- bhavān
- You
- paraḥ
- distinct
Desiring to create, O unborn master, You increase and then assume the mode of passion. You do likewise with the mode of ignorance when You wish to annihilate the universe and with goodness when You wish to maintain it. Nonetheless, You remain uncovered by these modes. You are time, the pradhāna, and the puruṣa, O Lord of the universe, yet still You are separate and distinct.