विष्णुः पालयिता देवि संहर्त्ताऽहं तदिच्छया । इन्द्रादयो लोकपालाः सर्वे तद्वशवर्त्तिनः ॥ ४१ ॥
viṣṇuḥ pālayitā dēvi saṁharttā’haṁ tadicchayā | indrādayō lōkapālāḥ sarvē tadvaśavarttinaḥ || 41 ||
Translation
By his will Viṣṇu is the preserver, O Goddess, and I the destroyer; Indra and the other guardians of the worlds all act under his control.
Word by word
- viṣṇuḥ
- Viṣṇu
- pālayitā
- the preserver
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- saṁharttā’haṁ
- I, the destroyer
- tadicchayā
- by his will
- indrādayō
- Indra and the rest
- lōkapālāḥ
- guardians of the worlds
- sarvē
- all
- tadvaśavarttinaḥ
- under his control
Meaning
Hariharānanda: by his will alone Viṣṇu protects the created world and Śiva dissolves it, and so they are sung as preserver and destroyer.