ज्ञानं यदेतददधात्कतम: स देवस् त्रैकालिकं स्थिरचरेष्वनुवर्तितांश: । तं जीवकर्मपदवीमनुवर्तमानास् तापत्रयोपशमनाय वयं भजेम ॥ १६ ॥
jnanam yad etad adadhat katamah sa devas trai-kalikam sthira-caresv anuvartitamsah tam jiva-karma-padavim anuvartamanas tapa-trayopasamanaya vayam bhajema
- jnanam
- knowledge
- yat
- which
- etat
- this
- adadhat
- gave
- katamah
- who other than
- sah
- that
- devah
- the Personality of Godhead
- trai-kalikam
- of the three phases of time
- sthira-caresu
- in the inanimate and animate objects
- anuvartita
- dwelling
- amsah
- His partial representation
- tam
- unto Him
- jiva
- of the jiva souls
- karma-padavim
- the path of fruitive activities
- anuvartamanah
- who are pursuing
- tapa-traya
- from the threefold miseries
- upasamanaya
- for getting free
- vayam
- we
- bhajema
- must surrender
No one other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the localized Paramatma, the partial representation of the Lord, is directing all inanimate and animate objects. He is present in the three phases of time—past, present and future. Therefore, the conditioned soul is engaged in different activities by His direction, and in order to get free from the threefold miseries of this conditional life, we have to surrender unto Him only.