🪷 ŚB 2.10.45

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

नास्य कर्मणि जन्मादौ परस्यानुविधीयते । कर्तृत्वप्रतिषेधार्थं माययारोपितं हि तत् ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

nāsya karmaṇi janmādau parasyānuvidhīyate kartṛtva-pratiṣedhārthaṁ māyayāropitaṁ hi tat
Synonyms
na — never; asya — of the creation; karmaṇi — in the matter of; janma-ādau — creation and destruction; parasya — of the Supreme; anuvidhīyate — it is so described; kartṛtva — engineering; pratiṣedha-artham — counteract; māyayā — by the external energy; āropitam — is manifested; hi — for; tat — the creator.

Translation

There is no direct engineering by the Lord for the creation and destruction of the material world. What is described in the Vedas about His direct interference is simply to counteract the idea that material nature is the creator.

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