अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् ।
प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया ॥ ६ ॥
प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय सम्भवाम्यात्ममायया ॥ ६ ॥
ajo’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro’pi san .
prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya sambhavāmyātmamāyayā .. 6 ..
Though I am unborn, of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet ruling over My own nature, I am born by My own Mâyâ.
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Though I am unborn, though by nature my power of vision (jnana-sakti) is undecaying, though I am by nature the Lord of all creatures from Brahma down to grass, yet ruling over by nature—the Prakṛti, the Māyā of Viṣṇu, which is made up of the three energies of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, to which this whole universe is subject, and by which deluded the whole world knows not Vāsudeva, its own Self,—I appear to be born and embodied, through my own Māyā, but not in reality, unlike others.
THE PURPOSE OF DIVINE INCARNATION.
When and for what purpose is He so born?—The answer follows :