स खल्विदं भगवान् कालशक्त्या गुणप्रवाहेण विभक्तवीर्य: । करोत्यकर्तैव निहन्त्यहन्ता चेष्टा विभूम्न: खलु दुर्विभाव्या ॥ १८ ॥
sa khalv idam bhagavan kala-saktya guna-pravahena vibhakta-viryah karoty akartaiva nihanty ahanta cesta vibhumnah khalu durvibhavya
- sah
- the
- khalu
- however
- idam
- this (universe)
- bhagavan
- the personality of Godhead
- kala
- of time
- saktya
- by the force
- guna-pravahena
- by the interaction of the modes of nature
- vibhakta
- divided
- viryah
- (whose) potencies
- karoti
- acts upon
- akarta
- the nondoer
- eva
- although
- nihanti
- kills
- ahanta
- nonkiller
- cesta
- the energy
- vibhumnah
- of the Lord
- khalu
- certainly
- durvibhavya
- inconceivable.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by His inconceivable supreme energy, time, causes the interaction of the three modes of material nature, and thus varieties of energy become manifest. It appears that He is acting, but He is not the actor. He is killing, but He is not the killer. Thus it is understood that only by His inconceivable power is everything happening.