तथाप्यशेषस्थितिसम्भवाप्यये- ष्वनन्यहेतुर्यदशेषशक्तिधृक् । नैच्छत् प्रणेतुं वपुरत्र शेषितं मर्त्येन किं स्वस्थगतिं प्रदर्शयन् ॥ १३ ॥
tathāpy aśeṣa-sthiti-sambhavāpyayeṣv ananya-hetur yad aśeṣa-śakti-dhṛk naicchat praṇetuṁ vapur atra śeṣitaṁ martyena kiṁ sva-stha-gatiṁ pradarśayan
- tathā api
- nevertheless
- aśeṣa
- of all created beings
- sthiti
- in the maintenance
- sambhava
- creation
- apyayeṣu
- and annihilation
- ananya-hetuḥ
- the exclusive cause
- yat
- because
- aśeṣa
- unlimited
- śakti
- potencies
- dhṛk
- possessing
- na aicchat
- He did not desire
- praṇetum
- to keep
- vapuḥ
- His transcendental body
- atra
- here
- śeṣitam
- remaining
- martyena
- with this mortal world
- kim
- what use
- sva-stha
- of those who are fixed in Him
- gatim
- the destination
- pradarśayan
- showing
Although Lord Kṛṣṇa, being the possessor of infinite powers, is the only cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of innumerable living beings, He simply did not desire to keep His body in this world any longer. Thus He revealed the destination of those fixed in the self and demonstrated that this mortal world is of no intrinsic value.