य इच्छयेश: सृजतीदमव्ययो य एव रक्षत्यवलुम्पते च य: । तस्याबला: क्रीडनमाहुरीशितु- श्चराचरं निग्रहसङ्ग्रहे प्रभु: ॥ ३९ ॥
ya icchayesah srjatidam avyayo ya eva raksaty avalumpate ca yah tasyabalah kridanam ahur isitus caracaram nigraha-sangrahe prabhuh
- yah
- who
- icchaya
- by His will (without being forced by anyone)
- isah
- the supreme controller
- srjati
- creates
- idam
- this (material world)
- avyayah
- remaining as He is (not having lost His own existence because of having created so many material manifestations)
- yah
- who
- eva
- indeed
- raksati
- maintains
- avalumpate
- annihilates
- ca
- also
- yah
- who
- tasya
- of Him
- abalah
- O poor women
- kridanam
- the playing
- ahuh
- they say
- isituh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- cara-acaram
- moving and not moving
- nigraha
- in destruction
- sangrahe
- or in protection
- prabhuh
- fully able
The boy addressed the women: O weak women! Only by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never diminished, is the entire world created, maintained and again annihilated. This is the verdict of the Vedic knowledge. This material creation, consisting of the moving and nonmoving, is exactly like His plaything. Being the Supreme Lord, He is completely competent to destroy and protect.