Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.59.29

tvam vai sisrikshur aja utkatam prabho

tamo nirodhaya bibharshy asamvritah

sthanaya sattvam jagato jagat-pate

kalah pradhanam purusho bhavan parah

SYNONYMS

tvam -- You; vai -- indeed; sisrikshuh -- desiring to create; ajah -- unborn; utkatam -- prominent; prabho -- O master; tamah -- the mode of ignorance; nirodhaya -- for annihilation; bibharshi -- You assume; asamvritah -- uncovered; sthanaya -- for maintenance; sattvam -- the mode of goodness; jagatah -- of the universe; jagat-pate -- O Lord of the universe; kalah -- time; pradhanam -- material nature (in its original, undifferentiated state); purushah -- the creator (who interacts with material nature); bhavan -- You; parah -- distinct.

TRANSLATION

Desiring to create, O unborn master, You increase and then assume the mode of passion. You do likewise with the mode of ignorance when You wish to annihilate the universe and with goodness when You wish to maintain it. Nonetheless, You remain uncovered by these modes. You are time, the pradhana, and the purusha, O Lord of the universe, yet still You are separate and distinct.

PURPORT

The word jagatah in the third line of this verse indicates that the functions of creation, maintenance and annihilation are here mentioned in a cosmic context.

The word utkatam indicates that when a particular function is being carried out, whether universal creation, maintenance or annihilation, the particular material quality associated with that function becomes predominant.

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