यदात्मकमिदं विश्वं क्रतवश्च यदात्मका: । अग्निराहुतयो मन्त्रा साङ्ख्यं योगश्च यत्पर: ॥ २० ॥ एक एवाद्वितीयोऽसावैतदात्म्यमिदं जगत् । आत्मनात्माश्रय: सभ्या: सृजत्यवति हन्त्यज: ॥ २१ ॥
yad-ātmakam idaṁ viśvaṁ kratavaś ca yad-ātmakāḥ agnir āhutayo mantrā sāṅkhyaṁ yogaś ca yat-paraḥ eka evādvitīyo ’sāv aitad-ātmyam idaṁ jagat ātmanātmāśrayaḥ sabhyāḥ sṛjaty avati hanty ajaḥ
- yat-ātmakam
- founded upon whom
- idam
- this
- viśvam
- universe
- kratavaḥ
- great sacrificial performances
- ca
- and
- yat-ātmakāḥ
- founded upon whom
- agniḥ
- the sacred fire
- āhutayaḥ
- the oblations
- mantrāḥ
- the incantations
- sāṅkhyam
- the doctrine of philosophic investigation
- yogaḥ
- the art of meditation
- ca
- and
- yat
- at whom
- paraḥ
- aimed
- ekaḥ
- one
- eva
- alone
- advitīyaḥ
- without a second
- asau
- He
- aitat-ātmyam
- founded upon Him
- idam
- this
- jagat
- universe
- ātmanā
- through Himself (i.e., His energies)
- ātma
- Himself alone
- āśrayaḥ
- having as His shelter
- sabhyāḥ
- O members of the assembly
- sṛjati
- He creates
- avati
- maintains
- hanti
- and destroys
- ajaḥ
- the unborn
This entire universe is founded upon Him, as are the great sacrificial performances, with their sacred fires, oblations and mantras. Sāṅkhya and yoga both aim toward Him, the one without a second. O assembly members, that unborn Lord, relying solely on Himself, creates, maintains and destroys this cosmos by His personal energies, and thus the existence of this universe depends on Him alone.