त्वं मायया त्रिगुणयात्मनि दुर्विभाव्यं व्यक्तं सृजस्यवसि लुम्पसि तद्गुणस्थ: । नैतैर्भवानजित कर्मभिरज्यते वै यत् स्वे सुखेऽव्यवहितेऽभिरतोऽनवद्य: ॥ ८ ॥
tvaṁ māyayā tri-guṇayātmani durvibhāvyaṁ vyaktaṁ sṛjasy avasi lumpasi tad-guṇa-sthaḥ naitair bhavān ajita karmabhir ajyate vai yat sve sukhe ’vyavahite ’bhirato ’navadyaḥ
- tvam
- You
- māyayā
- by the material energy
- tri-guṇayā
- made up of the three modes of nature
- ātmani
- within Yourself
- durvibhāvyam
- inconceivable
- vyaktam
- the manifest cosmos
- sṛjasi
- You create
- avasi
- protect
- lumpasi
- and destroy
- tat
- of that material nature
- guṇa
- within the modes (goodness, passion and ignorance)
- sthaḥ
- situated
- na
- not
- etaiḥ
- by these
- bhavān
- You
- ajita
- O unconquerable Lord
- karmabhiḥ
- activities
- ajyate
- are entangled
- vai
- at all
- yat
- because
- sve
- in Your own
- sukhe
- happiness
- avyavahite
- unimpeded
- abhirataḥ
- You are always absorbed
- anavadyaḥ
- the unimpeachable Lord
O unconquerable Lord, You engage Your illusory energy, composed of three modes, to unleash, maintain and devastate the inconceivable manifest cosmos, all within Your own self. As the supreme superintendent of māyā, You appear to be situated in the interaction of the modes of nature; however, You are never affected by material activities. In fact, You are directly engaged in Your own eternal, spiritual bliss, and thus You cannot be accused of any material infection.