मनुरुवाच येन चेतयते विश्वं विश्वं चेतयते न यम् । यो जागर्ति शयानेऽस्मिन्नायं तं वेद वेद स: ॥ ९ ॥
sri-manur uvaca yena cetayate visvam visvam cetayate na yam yo jagarti sayane ’smin nayam tam veda veda sah
- sri-manuh uvaca
- Svayambhuva Manu chanted
- yena
- by whom (the Personality of Godhead)
- cetayate
- is brought into animation
- visvam
- the whole universe
- visvam
- the whole universe (the material world)
- cetayate
- animates
- na
- not
- yam
- He whom
- yah
- He who
- jagarti
- is always awake (watching all activities)
- sayane
- while sleeping
- asmin
- in this body
- na
- not
- ayam
- this living entity
- tam
- Him
- veda
- knows
- veda
- knows
- sah
- He
Lord Manu said: The supreme living being has created this material world of animation; it is not that He was created by this material world. When everything is silent, the Supreme Being stays awake as a witness. The living entity does not know Him, but He knows everything.