yad-yogamāyā-vihitān vadanti

yad-yogamāyā-vihitān vadanti

yad durvibhāvyaṁ prabudhāpabādhaṁ

prasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ

May the Lord who possesses great vibhūtis, whose yoga-māyā, they say, creates this inconceivable universe made of twenty-three elements, time, karma and the three guṇas, whose reality is negated by the very intelligent, be pleased with us!

The wise say that the twenty-three material elements (dravyam), time (vayaḥ), karma, and the three guṇas are created by the Lord’s yoga-māyā, and that the particular creation from these elements is inconceivable. This creation is rejected as real by the very intelligent. Another version has prabudhāvabodham.  Though the material world is difficult to understand, it is understood by the very intelligent. We understand that this material universe, is the vibhūti of the twenty-three elements, time, and karma, which are vibhūtis of māyā-śakti with its guṇas, which is a vibhūti of the Lord’s svarūpa-śakti, yoga-māyā. This is the meaning implied.

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namo 'stu tasmā upaśānta-śaktaye

svārājya-lābha-pratipūritātmane

guṇeṣu māyā-raciteṣu vṛttibhir

na sajjamānāya nabhasvad-ūtaye

We offer respects to you, possessor of spiritual śaktis, whose mind is satisfied in itself because of existing through your svarūpa-śakti, who remain unattached to the actions of the senses directed to the guṇas made of māyā, and who are detached like the air in relation to the creation.

All we can do is offer respects to you, whose form is beyond māyā and difficult to understand. We offer respects to you who possess spiritual śaktis (upaśānta-śaktaye) like the saṁvit-śakti, to the Lord whose mind is fully satisfied because of the possessing existence through his svarūpa-śakti.  “Then why is he attached to creating this universe?”  He is not attached to the actions directed to the world made of the material guṇas. He has pastimes of creation (ūti) like air (which remains unattached to everything in the air).

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