त्वयैतद्धार्यते विश्वं त्वयैतत्सृज्यते जगत्। त्वयैतत्पाल्यते देवि त्वमत्स्यन्ते च सर्वदा ॥ ४ ॥
tvayaitaddhāryatē viśvaṁ tvayaitatsṛjyatē jagat | tvayaitatpālyatē dēvi tvamatsyantē ca sarvadā || 4 ||
Translation
By you this universe is upheld, by you this world is created; by you, O Goddess, it is protected, and you ever consume it at the end.
Word by word
- tvayā
- by you
- ētat
- this
- dhāryatē
- is upheld
- viśvam
- the universe
- sṛjyatē
- is created
- jagat
- the world
- pālyatē
- is protected
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- tvam
- you
- atsi antē
- consume at the end
- ca
- and
- sarvadā
- always
Meaning
The three great works of the universe, creation, preservation and dissolution, are usually given to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva. Brahmā himself declares here that all three are hers.