🪷 ŚB 2.8.23

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

Sanskrit

यथात्मतन्त्रो भगवान् विक्रीडत्यात्ममायया । विसृज्य वा यथा मायामुदास्ते साक्षिवद् विभु: ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

yathātma-tantro bhagavān vikrīḍaty ātma-māyayā visṛjya vā yathā māyām udāste sākṣivad vibhuḥ
Synonyms
yathā — as; ātma-tantraḥ — independent; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; vikrīḍati — enjoys His pastimes; ātma-māyayā — by His internal potency; visṛjya — giving up; vā — as also; yathā — as He desires; māyām — the external potency; udāste — remains; sākṣivat — just as the witness; vibhuḥ — the almighty.

Translation

The independent Personality of Godhead enjoys His pastimes by His internal potency and at the time of annihilation gives them up to the external potency, and He remains a witness to it all.

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