ततो विकारा अभवन् षोडशामीषु कञ्चन । उपधावन् विभूतीनां सर्वासामश्नुते गतिम् ॥ ४ ॥
tato vikārā abhavan ṣoḍaśāmīṣu kañcana upadhāvan vibhūtīnāṁ sarvāsām aśnute gatim
- tataḥ
- from that (false ego)
- vikārāḥ
- transformations
- abhavan
- have manifested
- ṣoḍaśa
- sixteen
- amīṣu
- among these
- kañcana
- any
- upadhāvan
- pursuing
- vibhūtīnām
- of material assets
- sarvāsām
- all
- aśnute
- enjoys
- gatim
- the acquisition
The sixteen elements have evolved as transformations of that false ego. When a devotee of Lord Śiva worships his manifestation in any one of these elements, the devotee obtains all sorts of corresponding enjoyable opulences.