त्वमादिरन्तो भुवनस्य मध्य- मनन्तशक्तिं पुरुषं यमाहु: । कालो भवानाक्षिपतीश विश्वं स्रोतो यथान्त:पतितं गभीरम् ॥ २७ ॥
tvam adir anto bhuvanasya madhyam ananta-saktim purusam yam ahuh kalo bhavan aksipatisa visvam sroto yathantah patitam gabhiram
- tvam
- Your Lordship
- adih
- the original cause
- antah
- the cause of dissolution
- bhuvanasya
- of the universe
- madhyam
- maintenance of the present manifestation
- ananta-saktim
- the reservoir of unlimited potencies
- purusam
- the Supreme Person
- yam
- whom
- ahuh
- they say
- kalah
- the principle of eternal time
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
- aksipati
- attracting
- isa
- the Supreme Lord
- visvam
- the whole universe
- srotah
- waves
- yatha
- as
- antah patitam
- fallen within the water
- gabhiram
- very deep
O my Lord, You are the beginning, the manifestation and the ultimate dissolution of the three worlds, and You are celebrated in the Vedas as the reservoir of unlimited potencies, the Supreme Person. O my Lord, as waves attract branches and leaves that have fallen into deep water, You, the supreme eternal time factor, attract everything in this universe.