आत्मारामोऽपि यस्त्वस्य लोककल्पस्य राधसे । शक्त्या युक्तो विचरति घोरया भगवान् भव: ॥ १८ ॥
atmaramo ’pi yas tv asya loka-kalpasya radhase saktya yukto vicarati ghoraya bhagavan bhavah
- atma-aramah
- self-satisfied
- api
- although he is
- yah
- one who is
- tu
- but
- asya
- this
- loka
- material world
- kalpasya
- when manifested
- radhase
- for the matter of helping its existence
- saktya
- potencies
- yuktah
- being engaged
- vicarati
- he acts
- ghoraya
- very dangerous
- bhagavan
- His Lordship
- bhavah
- Siva.
Lord Siva, the most powerful demigod, second only to Lord Visnu, is self-sufficient. Although he has nothing to aspire for in the material world, for the benefit of those in the material world he is always busily engaged everywhere and is accompanied by his dangerous energies like goddess Kali and goddess Durga.