ऋषिरुवाच इति तासां स्वशक्तीनां सतीनामसमेत्य स: । प्रसुप्तलोकतन्त्राणां निशाम्य गतिमीश्वर: ॥ १ ॥
rsir uvaca iti tasam sva-saktinam satinam asametya sah prasupta-loka-tantranam nisamya gatim isvarah
- rsih uvaca
- the Rsi Maitreya said
- iti
- thus
- tasam
- their
- sva-saktinam
- own potency
- satinam
- so situated
- asametya
- without combination
- sah
- He (the Lord)
- prasupta
- suspended
- loka-tantranam
- in the universal creations
- nisamya
- hearing
- gatim
- progress
- isvarah
- the Lord.
The Rsi Maitreya said: The Lord thus heard about the suspension of the progressive creative functions of the universe due to the noncombination of His potencies, such as the mahat-tattva.