य एतदादावसृजच्चराचरं स्वमाययात्माश्रययावितर्क्यया । तयैव सोऽयं किल गोप्तुमुद्यत: कथं नु मां धर्मपरो जिघांसति ॥ ३१ ॥
ya etad adav asrjac caracaram sva-mayayatmasrayayavitarkyaya tayaiva so ’yam kila goptum udyatah katham nu mam dharma-paro jighamsati
- yah
- one who
- etat
- these
- adau
- in the beginning of creation
- asrjat
- created
- cara-acaram
- moving and nonmoving living entities
- sva-mayaya
- by His own potency
- atma-asrayaya
- sheltered under His own protection
- avitarkyaya
- inconceivable
- taya
- by that same maya
- eva
- certainly
- sah
- he
- ayam
- this King
- kila
- certainly
- goptum udyatah
- prepared to give protection
- katham
- how
- nu
- then
- mam
- me
- dharma-parah
- one who is strictly following religious principles
- jighamsati
- desires to kill
In the beginning of creation You created all these moving and nonmoving living entities by Your inconceivable energy. Through this very same energy You are now prepared to protect the living entities. Indeed, You are the supreme protector of religious principles. Why are You so anxious to kill me, even though I am in the form of a cow?