ÄtmanÄtmÄÅ›rayaḥ pÅ«rvaá¹
mÄyayÄ sasá¹›je guṇÄn
tair idaṠsatya-saṅkalpaḥ
sṛjasy atsy avasīśvaraḥ

 ÄtmanÄ - by Your personal potency; Ätma - of the spirit soul; ÄÅ›rayaḥ - the shelter; pÅ«rvam - first; mÄyayÄ - by Your creative energy; sasá¹›je - You produced; guṇÄn - the basic modes of material nature; taiḥ - through these; idam - this (universe); satya - always realized in fact; saá¹…kalpaḥ - whose desires; sá¹›jasi - You create; atsi - withdraw; avasi - and maintain; Ä«Å›varaḥ - the controller.


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You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.

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