maya (by Me) tatam (spread) idam (all these manifestations) sarvam (all) jagat (cosmic manifestation) avyakta-murtina (unmanifested form) mat-sthani (unto Me) sarva-bhutani (all living entities) na (not) ca (also) aham (I) tesu (in them) avasthitah (situated.
na (never) ca (also) mat-sthani (situated in Me) bhutani (all creation) pasya (just see) me (My) yogam aisvaram (inconceivable mystic power) bhuta-bhrt (maintainer of all living entities) na (never) ca (also) bhuta-sthah (in the cosmic manifestation) mama (My) atma (Self) bhuta-bhavanah (is the source of all manifestations.
yatha (as much as) akasa-sthitah (situated in space) nityam (always) vayuh (wind) sarvatra-gah (blowing everywhere) mahan (great) tatha (similarly) sarvani (everything) bhutani (created beings) mat-sthani (situated in Me) iti (thus) upadharaya (try to understand.
sarva-bhutani (all created entities) kaunteya (O son of Kunti) prakrtim (nature) yanti (enter) mamikam (unto Me) kalpa-ksaye (at the end of the millennium) punah (again) tani (all those) kalpa-adau (in the beginning of the millennium) visrjami (I create) aham (I.
prakrtim (material nature) svam (of My personal Self) avastabhya (enter in) visrjami (create) punah punah (again, again) bhuta-gramam (all these cosmic manifestations) imam (this) krtsnam (total) avasam (automatically) prakrteh (by the force of nature) vasat (under obligation.
na (never) ca (also) mam (Me) tani (all those) karmani (activities) nibadhnanti (bind) dhananjaya (O conqueror of riches) udasina-vat (as neutral) asinam (situated) asaktam (without attraction) tesu (in them) karmasu (in activities.
maya (by Me) adhyaksena (by superintendence) prakrtih (material nature) suyate (manifests) sa (with) cara-acaram (the moving and the nonmoving) hetuna (for this reason) anena (this) kaunteya (O son of Kunti) jagat (the cosmic manifestation) viparivartate (is working.
avajananti (deride) mam (Me) mudhah (foolish men) manusim (in human form) tanum (body) asritam (assuming) param (transcendental) bhavam (nature) ajanantah (not knowing) mama (Mine) bhuta (everything that be) maha-isvaram (the supreme proprietor.
mogha-asah (baffled hope) mogha-karmanah (baffled in fruitive activities) mogha-jnanah (baffled in knowledge) vicetasah (bewildered) raksasim (demonic) asurim (atheistic) ca (and) eva (certainly) prakrtim (nature) mohinim (bewildering) sritah (taking shelter of.
maha-atmanah (the great souls) tu (but) mam (unto Me) partha (O son of Prtha) daivim (divine) prakrtim (nature) asritah (taken shelter of) bhajanti (render service) ananya-manasah (without deviation of the mind) jnatva (knowing) bhuta (creation) adim (original) avyayam (inexhaustible.