आत्मन् भावयसे तानी न पराभावयन् स्वयम् । आत्मशक्तिमवष्टभ्य ऊर्णनाभिरिवाक्लम: ॥ ५ ॥
atman bhavayase tani na parabhavayan svayam atma-saktim avastabhya urnanabhir ivaklamah
- atman (atmani)
- by self
- bhavayase
- manifest
- tani
- all those
- na
- not
- parabhavayan
- being defeated
- svayam
- yourself
- atma-saktim
- self-sufficient power
- avastabhya
- being employed
- urna-nabhih
- the spider
- iva
- like
- aklamah
- without help.
As the spider very easily creates the network of its cobweb and manifests its power of creation without being defeated by others, so also you yourself, by employment of your self-sufficient energy, create without any other’s help.