य: स्वात्मनीदं निजमाययार्पितं क्वचिद् विभातं क्व च तत् तिरोहितम् । अविद्धदृक् साक्ष्युभयं तदीक्षते स आत्ममूलोऽवतु मां परात्पर: ॥ ४ ॥
yah svatmanidam nija-mayayarpitam kvacid vibhatam kva ca tat tirohitam aviddha-drk saksy ubhayam tad iksate sa atma-mulo ’vatu mam parat-parah
- yah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead who
- sva-atmani
- in Him
- idam
- this cosmic manifestation
- nija-mayaya
- by His own potency
- arpitam
- invested
- kvacit
- sometimes, at the beginning of a kalpa
- vibhatam
- it is manifested
- kva ca
- sometimes, during dissolution
- tat
- that (manifestation)
- tirohitam
- not visible
- aviddha-drk
- He sees everything (in all these circumstances)
- saksi
- the witness
- ubhayam
- both (manifestation and annihilation)
- tat iksate
- sees everything, without loss of sight
- sah
- that Supreme Personality of Godhead
- atma-mulah
- self-sufficient, having no other cause
- avatu
- please give protection
- mam
- unto me
- parat-parah
- He is transcendental to transcendental, or above all transcendence
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, by expanding His own energy, keeps this cosmic manifestation visible and again sometimes renders it invisible. He is both the supreme cause and the supreme result, the observer and the witness, in all circumstances. Thus He is transcendental to everything. May that Supreme Personality of Godhead give me protection.