एष नित्योऽव्यय: सूक्ष्म एष सर्वाश्रय: स्वदृक् । आत्ममायागुणैर्विश्वमात्मानं सृजते प्रभु: ॥ ९ ॥
esa nityo ’vyayah suksma esa sarvasrayah svadrk atmamaya-gunair visvam atmanam srjate prabhuh
- esah
- this living entity
- nityah
- eternal
- avyayah
- imperishable
- suksmah
- very, very fine (not seen by the material eyes)
- esah
- this living entity
- sarva-asrayah
- the cause of different types of bodies
- sva-drk
- self-effulgent
- atma-maya-gunaih
- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s modes of material nature
- visvam
- this material world
- atmanam
- himself
- srjate
- appears
- prabhuh
- the master.
The living entity is eternal and imperishable because he actually has no beginning and no end. He never takes birth or dies. He is the basic principle of all types of bodies, yet he does not belong to the bodily category. The living being is so sublime that he is equal in quality to the Supreme Lord. Nonetheless, because he is extremely small, he is prone to be illusioned by the external energy, and thus he creates various bodies for himself according to his different desires.