दृतय इव श्वसन्त्यसुभृतो यदि तेऽनुविधा महदहमादयोऽण्डमसृजन् यदनुग्रहत: । पुरुषविधोऽन्वयोऽत्र चरमोऽन्नमयादिषु य: सदसत: परं त्वमथ यदेष्ववशेषमृतम् ॥ १७ ॥
dṛtaya iva śvasanty asu-bhṛto yadi te ’nuvidhā mahad-aham-ādayo ’ṇḍam asṛjan yad-anugrahataḥ puruṣa-vidho ’nvayo ’tra caramo ’nna-mayādiṣu yaḥ sad-asataḥ paraṁ tvam atha yad eṣv avaśeṣam ṛtam
- dṛtayaḥ
- bellows
- iva
- as if
- śvasanti
- they breathe
- asu-bhṛtaḥ
- alive
- yadi
- if
- te
- Your
- anuvidhāḥ
- faithful followers
- mahat
- the total material energy
- aham
- false ego
- ādayaḥ
- and the other elements of creation
- aṇḍam
- the universal egg
- asṛjan
- produced
- yat
- whose
- anugrahataḥ
- by the mercy
- puruṣa
- of the living entity
- vidhaḥ
- according to the particular forms
- anvayaḥ
- whose entrance
- atra
- among these
- caramaḥ
- the ultimate
- anna-maya-ādiṣu
- among the manifestations known as anna-maya and so on
- yaḥ
- who
- sat-asataḥ
- from gross and subtle matter
- param
- distinct
- tvam
- You
- atha
- and furthermore
- yat
- which
- eṣu
- among these
- avaśeṣam
- underlying
- ṛtam
- the reality
Only if they become Your faithful followers are those who breathe actually alive, otherwise their breathing is like that of a bellows. It is by Your mercy alone that the elements, beginning with the mahat-tattva and false ego, created the egg of this universe. Among the manifestations known as anna-maya and so forth, You are the ultimate one, entering within the material coverings along with the living entity and assuming the same forms as those he takes. Distinct from the gross and subtle material manifestations, You are the reality underlying them all.