करोति विश्वस्थितिसंयमोदयं यस्येप्सितं नेप्सितमीक्षितुर्गुणै: । माया यथायो भ्रमते तदाश्रयं ग्राव्णो नमस्ते गुणकर्मसाक्षिणे ॥ ३८ ॥
karoti visva-sthiti-samyamodayam yasyepsitam nepsitam iksitur gunaih maya yathayo bhramate tad-asrayam gravno namas te guna-karma-saksine
- karoti
- performing
- visva
- of the universe
- sthiti
- the maintenance
- samyama
- winding up
- udayam
- creation
- yasya
- of whom
- ipsitam
- desired
- na
- not
- ipsitam
- desired
- iksituh
- of the one glancing over
- gunaih
- with the modes of material nature
- maya
- the material energy
- yatha
- as much as
- ayah
- iron
- bhramate
- moves
- tat-asrayam
- placed near that
- gravnah
- a magnetic stone
- namah
- my respectful obeisances
- te
- unto You
- guna-karma-saksine
- the witness of the actions and reactions of material nature
O Lord, You do not desire the creation, maintenance or annihilation of this material world, but You perform these activities for the conditioned souls by Your creative energy. Exactly as a piece of iron moves under the influence of a lodestone, inert matter moves when You glance over the total material energy.