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Bhagavad Gita 4.6

अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।

ajo ’pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānām īśhvaro ’pi san prakṛitiṁ svām adhiṣhṭhāya sambhavāmyātma-māyayā

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
ajaḥajaḥunborn
apiapialthough
sansanbeing so
avyaya ātmāavyaya ātmāImperishable nature
bhūtānāmbhūtānāmof (all) beings
īśhvaraḥīśhvaraḥthe Lord
apiapialthough
sansanbeing
prakṛitimprakṛitimnature
svāmsvāmof myself
adhiṣhṭhāyaadhiṣhṭhāyasituated
sambhavāmisambhavāmiI manifest
ātma-māyayāātma-māyayāby my Yogmaya power

Though I am unborn and of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet, governing my own nature, I am born by my own Maya.

यद्यपि मैं अजन्मा और अविनाशी स्वरूप हूँ और भूतमात्र का ईश्वर हूँ (तथापि) अपनी प्रकृति को अपने अधीन रखकर (अधिष्ठाय) मैं अपनी माया से जन्म लेता हूँ।।