mayÄ kÄlÄtmanÄ dhÄtrÄ
karma-yuktam idaá¹ jagat
guṇa-pravÄha etasminn
unmajjati nimajjati
mayÄ - by Me; kÄla-ÄtmanÄ - who contains the energy of time; dhÄtrÄ - the creator; karma-yuktam - full of fruitive activities; idam - this; jagat - world; guṇa-pravÄhe - in the mighty current of the modes; etasmin - in this; unmajjati - one rises up; nimajjati - one drowns.
All results of fruitive work have been arranged within this world by Me, the supreme creator acting as the force of time. Thus one sometimes rises up toward the surface of this mighty river of the modes of nature and sometimes again submerges.
Unmajjati refers to one’s promotion to the higher planetary systems, as mentioned in previous verses, and nimajjati refers to being submerged in a miserable condition of life by impious activities. In both cases one is drowning within the mighty river of material existence, which carries one far away from one’s real home in the kingdom of God.
