एवं प्रवर्तते सर्ग: स्थिति: संयम एव च । गुणव्यतिकराद्राजन्मायया परमात्मन: ॥ १६ ॥
evam pravartate sargah sthitih samyama eva ca guna-vyatikarad rajan mayaya paramatmanah
- evam
- thus
- pravartate
- occurs
- sargah
- creation
- sthitih
- maintenance
- samyamah
- annihilation
- eva
- certainly
- ca
- and
- guna
- of the modes
- vyatikarat
- by interaction
- rajan
- O King
- mayaya
- by the illusory energy
- parama-atmanah
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Manu continued: My dear King Dhruva, it is simply by the illusory, material energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and by the interaction of the three modes of material nature that creation, maintenance and annihilation take place.