स एव विश्वं सृजति स एवावति हन्ति च । अथापि ह्यनहङ्कारान्नाज्यते गुणकर्मभि: ॥ २५ ॥
sa eva visvam srjati sa evavati hanti ca athapi hy anahankaran najyate guna-karmabhih
- sah
- He
- eva
- certainly
- visvam
- the universe
- srjati
- creates
- sah
- He
- eva
- certainly
- avati
- maintains
- hanti
- annihilates
- ca
- also
- atha api
- moreover
- hi
- certainly
- anahankarat
- from being without ego
- na
- not
- ajyate
- becomes entangled
- guna
- by the modes of material nature
- karmabhih
- by activities.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead creates this material world, maintains it, and annihilates it in due course of time, but because He is transcendental to such activities, He is never affected by ego in such action or by the modes of material nature.