यथात्मतन्त्रो भगवान् विक्रीडत्यात्ममायया । विसृज्य वा यथा मायामुदास्ते साक्षिवद् विभु: ॥ २३ ॥
yathatma-tantro bhagavan vikridaty atma-mayaya visrjya va yatha mayam udaste saksivad vibhuh
- yatha
- as
- atma-tantrah
- independent
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- vikridati
- enjoys His pastimes
- atma-mayaya
- by His internal potency
- visrjya
- giving up
- va
- as also
- yatha
- as He desires
- mayam
- the external potency
- udaste
- remains
- saksivat
- just as the witness
- vibhuh
- the almighty.
The independent Personality of Godhead enjoys His pastimes by His internal potency and at the time of annihilation gives them up to the external potency, and He remains a witness to it all.