स्वमायया सृष्टमिदं सदसल्लक्षणं विभु: । प्रविष्ट ईयते तत्तत्स्वरूपोऽग्निरिवैधसि ॥ ४७ ॥
sva-māyayā sṛṣṭam idaṁ sad-asal-lakṣaṇaṁ vibhuḥ praviṣṭa īyate tat-tat- svarūpo ’gnir ivaidhasi
- sva-māyayā
- by His own material energy
- sṛṣṭam
- created
- idam
- this (body of the individual jīva)
- sat-asat
- as demigod, animal, and so on
- lakṣaṇam
- characterized
- vibhuḥ
- the Almighty
- praviṣṭaḥ
- having entered
- īyate
- appears
- tat-tat
- of each different form
- svarūpaḥ
- assuming the identity
- agniḥ
- fire
- iva
- as
- edhasi
- in firewood
Just as fire manifests differently in pieces of wood of different sizes and qualities, the omnipotent Supreme Soul, having entered the bodies of higher and lower life forms created by His own potency, appears to assume the identity of each.