tvaá¹ hi viÅ›va-sá¹›jÄm sraṣṭÄ
sṛṣṭÄnÄm api yac ca sat
kÄlaḥ kalayatÄm īśaḥ
para ÄtmÄ tathÄtmanÄm

 tvam - You; hi - indeed; viÅ›va - of the universe; sá¹›jÄm - of the creators; sraá¹£á¹­Ä - the creator; sṛṣṭÄnÄm - of created entities; api - also; yat - which; ca - and; sat - underlying substance; kÄlaḥ - the subduer; kalayatÄm - of subduers; Ä«Å›aḥ - the Supreme Lord; paraḥ ÄtmÄ - the Supreme Soul; tathÄ - also; ÄtmanÄm - of all souls.


Text

You are the ultimate creator of all creators of the universe, and of everything created You are the underlying substance. You are the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and Supreme Soul of all souls.

Purport

As Lord Kapila states in the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (3.25.42): má¹›tyuÅ› carati mad-bhayÄt. “Death himself moves about out of fear of Me.â€