न यस्य वध्यो न च रक्षणीयो नोपेक्षणीयादरणीयपक्ष: । तथापि सर्गस्थितिसंयमार्थं धत्ते रज:सत्त्वतमांसि काले ॥ २२ ॥
na yasya vadhyo na ca raksaniyo nopeksaniyadaraniya-paksah tathapi sarga-sthiti-samyamartham dhatte rajah-sattva-tamamsi kale
- na
- not
- yasya
- by whom (the Lord)
- vadhyah
- anyone is to be killed
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- raksaniyah
- anyone is to be protected
- na
- nor
- upeksaniya
- to be neglected
- adaraniya
- to be worshiped
- paksah
- part
- tathapi
- still
- sarga
- creation
- sthiti
- maintenance
- samyama
- and annihilation
- artham
- for the sake of
- dhatte
- He accepts
- rajah
- passion
- sattva
- goodness
- tamamsi
- and ignorance
- kale
- in due course of time.
For the Supreme Personality of Godhead there is no one to be killed, no one to be protected, no one to be neglected and no one to be worshiped. Nonetheless, for the sake of creation, maintenance and annihilation according to time, He accepts different forms as incarnations either in the mode of goodness, the mode of passion or the mode of ignorance.