यदा सिसृक्षु: पुर आत्मन: परो रज: सृजत्येष पृथक् स्वमायया । सत्त्वं विचित्रासु रिरंसुरीश्वर: शयिष्यमाणस्तम ईरयत्यसौ ॥ १० ॥
yada sisrksuh pura atmanah paro rajah srjaty esa prthak sva-mayaya sattvam vicitrasu riramsur isvarah sayisyamanas tama irayaty asau
- yada
- when
- sisrksuh
- desiring to create
- purah
- material bodies
- atmanah
- for the living entities
- parah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- rajah
- the mode of passion
- srjati
- manifests
- esah
- He
- prthak
- separately, predominantly
- sva-mayaya
- by His own creative energy
- sattvam
- the mode of goodness
- vicitrasu
- in various types of bodies
- riramsuh
- desiring to act
- isvarah
- the Personality of Godhead
- sayisyamanah
- being about to conclude
- tamah
- the mode of ignorance
- irayati
- causes to rise
- asau
- that Supreme
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead creates different types of bodies, offering a particular body to each living entity according to his character and fruitive actions, the Lord revives all the qualities of material nature—sattva-guna, rajo-guna and tamo-guna. Then, as the Supersoul, He enters each body and influences the qualities of creation, maintenance and annihilation, using sattva-guna for maintenance, rajo-guna for creation and tamo-guna for annihilation.