जगन्निर्माणविलयविलासो व्यापको महान् । स्पन्दास्पन्दात्मको यस्य स्वभावो निर्मलोऽक्षयः ॥ ५९ ॥
jagannirmāṇavilayavilāsō vyāpakō mahān | spandāspandātmakō yasya svabhāvō nirmalō’kṣayaḥ || 59 ||
Translation
Whose nature, stirring and still, is the great pervading play of making and dissolving worlds, stainless and imperishable.
Word by word
- jagan
- (jagat) worlds
- nirmāṇa
- making
- vilaya
- and dissolving
- vilāsō
- the play
- vyāpakō
- pervading
- mahān
- great
- spanda
- stirring
- aspanda
- still
- ātmakō
- and
- yasya
- whose
- svabhāvō
- nature
- nirmalō
- stainless
- akṣayaḥ
- imperishable
Meaning
Creation and dissolution are his play (vilāsa), not his labour. The commentary: the making and ending of worlds are his play; he is great and all-pervading; his nature is both stirring and stillness; and in its highest truth it is stainless and does not decay. The play changes; the player does not.