यमाहुरस्य स्थितिजन्मसंयमंत्रिभिर्विहीनं यमनन्तमृषय: । न वेद सिद्धार्थमिव क्वचित्स्थितंभूमण्डलं मूर्धसहस्रधामसु॒ ॥ २१ ॥
yam ahur asya sthiti-janma-samyamam tribhir vihinam yam anantam rsayah na veda siddhartham iva kvacit sthitam bhu-mandalam murdha-sahasra-dhamasu
- yam
- whom
- ahuh
- they said
- asya
- of the material world
- sthiti
- the maintenance
- janma
- creation
- samyamam
- annihilation
- tribhih
- these three
- vihinam
- without
- yam
- which
- anantam
- unlimited
- rsayah
- all the great sages
- na
- not
- veda
- feels
- siddha-artham
- a mustard seed
- iva
- like
- kvacit
- where
- sthitam
- situated
- bhu-mandalam
- the universe
- murdha-sahasra-dhamasu
- on the hundreds and thousands of hoods of the Lord
Lord Siva continued: All the great sages accept the Lord as the source of creation, maintenance and destruction, although He actually has nothing to do with these activities. Therefore the Lord is called unlimited. Although the Lord in His incarnation as Sesa holds all the universes on His hoods, each universe feels no heavier than a mustard seed to Him. Therefore, what person desiring perfection will not worship the Lord?