श्रीब्रह्मोवाच नतोऽस्म्यनन्ताय दुरन्तशक्तये विचित्रवीर्याय पवित्रकर्मणे । विश्वस्य सर्गस्थितिसंयमान् गुणै: स्वलीलया सन्दधतेऽव्ययात्मने ॥ ४० ॥
sri-brahmovaca nato ’smy anantaya duranta-saktaye vicitra-viryaya pavitra-karmane visvasya sarga-sthiti-samyaman gunaih sva-lilaya sandadhate ’vyayatmane
- sri-brahma uvaca
- Lord Brahma said
- natah
- bowed down
- asmi
- I am
- anantaya
- unto the unlimited Lord
- duranta
- very difficult to find an end to
- saktaye
- who possesses different potencies
- vicitra-viryaya
- having varieties of prowess
- pavitra-karmane
- whose actions have no reaction (even though doing contrary things, He remains without contamination by the material modes)
- visvasya
- of the universe
- sarga
- creation
- sthiti
- maintenance
- samyaman
- and annihilation
- gunaih
- by the material qualities
- sva-lilaya
- very easily
- sandadhate
- performs
- avyaya-atmane
- whose personality never deteriorates
Lord Brahma prayed: My Lord, You are unlimited, and You possess unending potencies. No one can estimate or calculate Your prowess and wonderful influence, for Your actions are never polluted by the material energy. Through the material qualities, You very easily create the universe, maintain it and again annihilate it, yet You remain the same, without deterioration. I therefore offer my respectful obeisances unto You.