अस्राक्षीद्भगवान् विश्वं गुणमय्यात्ममायया । तया संस्थापयत्येतद्भूय: प्रत्यपिधास्यति ॥ ४ ॥
asraksid bhagavan visvam guna-mayyatma-mayaya taya samsthapayaty etad bhuyah pratyapidhasyati
- asraksit
- caused to create
- bhagavan
- the Personality of Godhead
- visvam
- the universe
- guna-mayya
- endowed with three modes of material nature
- atma
- self
- mayaya
- by the potency
- taya
- by her
- samsthapayati
- maintains
- etat
- all these
- bhuyah
- then again
- praty-apidhasyati
- conversely dissolves also.
By His self-sheltered potency of the three modes of material nature, the Lord has caused the creation of this universe. By her He maintains the creation and conversely dissolves it, again and again.