मयाध्यक्षेण प्रकृतिः सूयते सचराचरम् ।हेतुनानेन कौन्तेय जगद्विपरिवर्तते ॥
mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram | hetunānena kaunteya jagad viparivartate ||
- मया अध्यक्षेण · mayādhyakṣeṇa
- with me as overseer
- प्रकृतिः · prakṛtiḥ
- nature
- सूयते · sūyate
- gives birth, brings forth
- सचराचरम् · sacarācaram
- the moving and the unmoving
- हेतुना अनेन · hetunānena
- for this reason
- कौन्तेय · kaunteya
- O son of Kunti
- जगत् · jagat
- the world
- विपरिवर्तते · viparivartate
- revolves, turns round
“With me as overseer, nature brings forth the moving and the unmoving. For this reason, O Kaunteya, the world revolves.”
— Original plain-language translation
Oversight, not labor, is the Lord's role — presence that lets nature bear its fruit. The turning world has a witness at its center. Agency is thus divided: nature produces, he presides.
— Reader's notes (original)