सर्गे तपोऽहमृषयो नव ये प्रजेशा: स्थानेऽथ धर्ममखमन्वमरावनीशा: । अन्ते त्वधर्महरमन्युवशासुराद्या मायाविभूतय इमा: पुरुशक्तिभाज: ॥ ३९ ॥
sarge tapo ’ham rsayo nava ye prajesah sthane ’tha dharma-makha-manv-amaravanisah ante tv adharma-hara-manyu-vasasuradya maya-vibhutaya imah puru-sakti-bhajah
- sarge
- in the beginning of the creation
- tapah
- penance
- aham
- myself
- rsayah
- sages
- nava
- nine
- ye prajesah
- those who would generate
- sthane
- in the middle while maintaining the creation
- atha
- certainly
- dharma
- religion
- makha
- Lord Visnu
- manu
- the father of mankind
- amara
- the demigods deputed to control the affairs of maintenance
- avanisah
- and the kings of different planets
- ante
- at the end
- tu
- but
- adharma
- irreligion
- hara
- Lord Siva
- manyu-vasa
- subjected to anger
- asura-adyah
- atheists, the enemies of the devotees
- maya
- energy
- vibhutayah
- powerful representatives
- imah
- all of them
- puru-sakti-bhajah
- of the supreme powerful Lord
At the beginning of creation there are penance, myself (Brahma), and the Prajapatis, the great sages who generate; then, during the maintenance of the creation, there are Lord Visnu, the demigods with controlling powers, and the kings of different planes. But at the end there is irreligion, and then Lord Siva and the atheists full of anger, etc. All of them are different representative manifestations of the energy of the supreme power, the Lord.