Shloka 53
Adhyaya 4: अहोरात्र-युग-मन्वन्तर-कल्पमान तथा प्रलयान्ते सृष्ट्युपक्रमः
Devanagari script
साम्ये लयो गुणानां तु तयोर्हेतुर्महेश्वरः लीलया देवदेवेन सर्गास्त्वीदृग्विधाः कृताः
Transliteration
sāmye layo guṇānāṃ tu tayorheturmaheśvaraḥ līlayā devadevena sargāstvīdṛgvidhāḥ kṛtāḥ
Translation
साम्ये लयो गुणानां तु तयोर्हेतुर्महेश्वरः। लीलया देवदेवेन सर्गास्त्वीदृग्विधाः कृताः॥
Word by Word
sāmyein equilibrium, in sameness
sāmye:
layaḥdissolution, reabsorption
layaḥ:
guṇānāmof the guṇas (sattva-rajas-tamas)
guṇānām:
tuindeed
tu:
tayoḥof those two (equilibrium and dissolution / the two states)
tayoḥ:
hetuḥcause, efficient ground
hetuḥ:
maheśvaraḥMahādeva, the Supreme Lord (Pati)
maheśvaraḥ:
līlayāby play, spontaneous divine sport
līlayā:
devadevenaby the God of gods
devadevena:
sargāḥcreations, emanations
sargāḥ:
tuindeed
tu:
īdṛg-vidhāḥof this very type, such in nature
īdṛg-vidhāḥ:
kṛtāḥmade, manifested
kṛtāḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purva-Bhaga creation teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)