विष्णुः शरीरग्रहणमहमीशान एव च। कारितास्ते यतोऽतस्त्वां कः स्तोतुं शक्तिमान् भवेत् ॥ १३ ॥
viṣṇuḥ śarīragrahaṇamahamīśāna ēva ca | kāritāstē yatō’tastvāṁ kaḥ stōtuṁ śaktimān bhavēt || 13 ||
Translation
Since Viṣṇu, I and Īśāna have all been made by you to take on bodies, who could have the power to praise you?
Word by word
- viṣṇuḥ
- Viṣṇu
- śarīragrahaṇam
- the taking on of a body
- aham
- I (Brahmā)
- īśānaḥ
- Īśāna (Śiva)
- ēva ca
- and also
- kāritāḥ
- have been made to do
- tē
- by you
- yataḥ
- since
- ataḥ
- therefore
- tvām
- you
- kaḥ
- who
- stōtum
- to praise
- śaktimān
- powerful enough
- bhavēt
- could be
Meaning
The three great gods, Viṣṇu, Brahmā and Śiva, owe even their embodied forms to her. The one who speaks is himself her creation, and the creature cannot measure its creator.