गुणमय्या स्वशक्त्यास्य सर्गस्थित्यप्ययान्विभो । धत्से यदा स्वदृग् भूमन्ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाभिधाम् ॥ २३ ॥
guna-mayya sva-saktyasya sarga-sthity-apyayan vibho dhatse yada sva-drg bhuman brahma-visnu-sivabhidham
- guna-mayya
- acting in three modes of activity
- sva-saktya
- by the external energy of Your Lordship
- asya
- of this material world
- sarga-sthiti-apyayan
- creation, maintenance and annihilation
- vibho
- O lord
- dhatse
- you execute
- yada
- when
- sva-drk
- you manifest yourself
- bhuman
- O great one
- brahma-visnu-siva-abhidham
- as Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu or Lord Siva.
O lord, you are self-effulgent and supreme. You create this material world by your personal energy, and you assume the names Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara when you act in creation, maintenance and annihilation.