तेनान्तर्यामिरूपेण तत्तद्विषययोजिताः । स्वस्वकर्म्म प्रकुर्व्वन्ति न स्वतन्त्राः कदाचन ॥ ४३ ॥
tēnāntaryāmirūpēṇa tattadviṣayayōjitāḥ | svasvakarmma prakurvvanti na svatantrāḥ kadācana || 43 ||
Translation
By him, as the inner ruler, each is set to his own sphere; they do their work and are never independent.
Word by word
- tēnāntaryāmirūpēṇa
- by him, in the form of the inner ruler
- tattadviṣayayōjitāḥ
- set to their respective spheres
- svasvakarmma
- their own work
- prakurvvanti
- they do
- na
- not
- svatantrāḥ
- independent
- kadācana
- ever
Meaning
Svatantra, independent, is glossed as "self-dependent": the gods act only as he directs them.