राजन् परस्य तनुभृज्जननाप्ययेहा मायाविडम्बनमवेहि यथा नटस्य । सृष्ट्वात्मनेदमनुविश्य विहृत्य चान्ते संहृत्य चात्ममहिनोपरत: स आस्ते ॥ ११ ॥
rājan parasya tanu-bhṛj-jananāpyayehā māyā-viḍambanam avehi yathā naṭasya sṛṣṭvātmanedam anuviśya vihṛtya cānte saṁhṛtya cātma-mahinoparataḥ sa āste
- rājan
- O King Parīkṣit
- parasya
- of the Supreme
- tanu-bhṛt
- resembling the embodied living beings
- janana
- of birth
- apyaya
- and disappearance
- īhāḥ
- the activities
- māyā
- of His illusory potency
- viḍambanam
- the false show
- avehi
- you should understand
- yathā
- just as
- naṭasya
- of an actor
- sṛṣṭvā
- creating
- ātmanā
- by Himself
- idam
- this universe
- anuviśya
- entering it
- vihṛtya
- playing
- ca
- and
- ante
- in the end
- saṁhṛtya
- winding it up
- ca
- and
- ātma-mahinā
- with His own glory
- uparataḥ
- having ceased
- saḥ
- He
- āste
- remains
My dear King, you should understand that the Supreme Lord’s appearance and disappearance, which resemble those of embodied conditioned souls, are actually a show enacted by His illusory energy, just like the performance of an actor. After creating this universe He enters into it, plays within it for some time, and at last winds it up. Then the Lord remains situated in His own transcendental glory, having ceased from the functions of cosmic manifestation.