यम उवाच परो मदन्यो जगतस्तस्थुषश्च ओतं प्रोतं पटवद्यत्र विश्वम् । यदंशतोऽस्य स्थितिजन्मनाशा नस्योतवद्यस्य वशे च लोक: ॥ १२ ॥
yama uvaca paro mad-anyo jagatas tasthusas ca otam protam patavad yatra visvam yad-amsato ’sya sthiti-janma-nasa nasy otavad yasya vase ca lokah
- yamah uvaca
- Yamaraja replied
- parah
- superior
- mat
- than me
- anyah
- another
- jagatah
- of all moving things
- tasthusah
- of nonmoving things
- ca
- and
- otam
- crosswise
- protam
- lengthwise
- patavat
- like a woven cloth
- yatra
- in whom
- visvam
- the cosmic manifestation
- yat
- of whom
- amsatah
- from the partial expansions
- asya
- of this universe
- sthiti
- the maintenance
- janma
- the creation
- nasah
- the annihilation
- nasi
- in the nose
- ota-vat
- like the rope
- yasya
- of whom
- vase
- under the control
- ca
- and
- lokah
- the whole creation
Yamaraja said: My dear servants, you have accepted me as the Supreme, but factually I am not. Above me, and above all the other demigods, including Indra and Candra, is the one supreme master and controller. The partial manifestations of His personality are Brahma, Visnu and Siva, who are in charge of the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this universe. He is like the two threads that form the length and breadth of a woven cloth. The entire world is controlled by Him just as a bull is controlled by a rope in its nose.