लोका: सपाला यस्येमे श्वसन्ति विवशा वशे । द्विजा इव शिचा बद्धा: स काल इह कारणम् ॥ ८ ॥
lokah sapala yasyeme svasanti vivasa vase dvija iva sica baddhah sa kala iha karanam
- lokah
- the worlds
- sa-palah
- with their chief deities or controllers
- yasya
- of whom
- ime
- all these
- svasanti
- live
- vivasah
- fully dependent
- vase
- under the control
- dvijah
- birds
- iva
- like
- sica
- by a net
- baddhah
- bound
- sah
- that
- kalah
- time factor
- iha
- in this
- karanam
- the cause.
All living beings in all the planes of this universe, including the presiding deities of all the planes, are fully under the control of the Lord. They work like birds caught in a net, who cannot move independently.