करोति कर्माणि कृतावतारो यान्यात्मतन्त्रो भगवांस्त्र्यधीश: । यथा ससर्जाग्र इदं निरीह: संस्थाप्य वृत्तिं जगतो विधत्ते ॥ ५ ॥
karoti karmani krtavataro yany atma-tantro bhagavams tryadhisah yatha sasarjagra idam nirihah samsthapya vrttim jagato vidhatte
- karoti
- does them
- karmani
- transcendental activities
- krta
- by accepting
- avatarah
- incarnations
- yani
- all those
- atma-tantrah
- Self-independent
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- tri-adhisah
- the Lord of the three worlds
- yatha
- as much as
- sasarja
- created
- agre
- at first
- idam
- this cosmic manifestation
- nirihah
- although desireless
- samsthapya
- by establishing
- vrttim
- means of livelihood
- jagatah
- of the universes
- vidhatte
- as He regulates
O great sage, kindly narrate how the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the independent, desireless Lord of the three worlds and the controller of all energies, accepts incarnations and creates the cosmic manifestation with perfectly arranged regulative principles for its maintenance.