त्वमकरण: स्वराडखिलकारकशक्तिधर- स्तव बलिमुद्वहन्ति समदन्त्यजयानिमिषा: । वर्षभुजोऽखिलक्षितिपतेरिव विश्वसृजो विदधति यत्र ये त्वधिकृता भवतश्चकिता: ॥ २८ ॥
tvam akaraṇaḥ sva-rāḍ akhila-kāraka-śakti-dharas tava balim udvahanti samadanty ajayānimiṣāḥ varṣa-bhujo ’khila-kṣiti-pater iva viśva-sṛjo vidadhati yatra ye tv adhikṛtā bhavataś cakitāḥ
- tvam
- You
- akaraṇaḥ
- devoid of material senses
- sva-rāṭ
- self-effulgent
- akhila
- of all
- kāraka
- sensory functions
- śakti
- of the potencies
- dharaḥ
- the maintainer
- tava
- Your
- balim
- tribute
- udvahanti
- carry
- samadanti
- and partake of
- ajayā
- along with material nature
- animiṣāḥ
- the demigods
- varṣa
- of districts of a kingdom
- bhujaḥ
- the rulers
- akhila
- entire
- kṣiti
- of the land
- pateḥ
- of the lord
- iva
- as if
- viśva
- of the universe
- sṛjaḥ
- the creators
- vidadhati
- execute
- yatra
- in which
- ye
- they
- tu
- indeed
- adhikṛtā
- assigned
- bhavataḥ
- of You
- cakitāḥ
- afraid
Though You have no material senses, You are the self-effulgent sustainer of everyone’s sensory powers. The demigods and material nature herself offer You tribute, while also enjoying the tribute offered them by their worshipers, just as subordinate rulers of various districts in a kingdom offer tribute to their lord, the ultimate proprietor of the land, while also enjoying the tribute paid them by their own subjects. In this way the universal creators faithfully execute their assigned services out of fear of You.