आत्ममायां समाविश्य सोऽहं गुणमयीं द्विज । सृजन् रक्षन् हरन् विश्वं दध्रे संज्ञां क्रियोचिताम् ॥ ५१ ॥
atma-mayam samavisya so ’ham gunamayim dvija srjan raksan haran visvam dadhre samjnam kriyocitam
- atma-mayam
- My energy
- samavisya
- having entered
- sah
- Myself
- aham
- I
- guna-mayim
- composed of the modes of material nature
- dvi-ja
- O twice-born Daksa
- srjan
- creating
- raksan
- maintaining
- haran
- annihilating
- visvam
- the cosmic manifestation
- dadhre
- I cause to be born
- samjnam
- a name
- kriya-ucitam
- according to the activity.
The Lord continued: My dear Daksa Dvija, I am the original Personality of Godhead, but in order to create, maintain and annihilate this cosmic manifestation, I act through My material energy, and according to the different grades of activity, My representations are differently named.