मदाज्ञयासौ भूतानां शरीराणि बिभर्ति हि
By my command, he indeed sustains the bodies of beings.
सोमः स मन्नियोगेन चोदितः किल वर्तते
Soma, too, truly operates, impelled by my command.
सूर्यो वृष्टिं वितनुते शास्त्रेणैव स्वयंभुवः
The Sun causes rain to fall, following the ordinance of the Self-born.
यज्वनां फलदो देवो वर्तते ऽसौ मदाज्ञया
That god, by my command, grants the fruits to those who perform sacrifice.
यमो वैवस्वतो देवो देवदेवनियोगतः
Yama, the son of Vivasvat, acts by the command of the God of gods.
सो ऽपीश्वरनियोगेन कुबेरो वर्तते सदा
Kubera, too, always exists by the command of the Lord.
मन्नियोगादसौ देवो वर्तते निरृतिः सदा
By my command, that god Nirṛti always acts.
ईशानः किल भक्तानां सो ऽपि तिष्ठन्ममाज्ञया
Indeed, Īśāna too abides by my order, protecting the devotees.
रक्षको योगिनां नित्यं वर्तते ऽसौ मदाज्ञया
He who is the constant protector of yogis acts by my command.
विनायको धर्मनेता सो ऽपि मद्वचनात् किल
The remover of obstacles, the leader of dharma, also acts according to my word.
स्कन्दो ऽसौ वर्तते नित्यं स्वयंभूर्विधिचोदितः
That Skanda always acts, self-born, impelled by the ordinance.
सृजन्ति विविधं लोकं परस्यैव नियोगतः
They create the various worlds only by the command of the Supreme.
पत्नी नारायणस्यासौ वर्तते मदनुग्रहात्
She who is Nārāyaṇa’s consort exists by my favor.
सापीश्वरनियोगेन चोदिता संप्रवर्तते
She too, prompted by the Lord’s command, proceeds to act.
सावित्री संस्मृता देवी देवाज्ञानुविधायिनी
The goddess Sāvitrī, remembered thus, follows the command of the god.
यापि ध्याता विशेषेण सापि मद्वचनानुगा
She who is especially meditated upon also follows my word.
दधाति शिरसा लोकं सो ऽपि देवनियोगतः
He who upholds the world upon his head does so by the command of the god.
पिबत्यखिलमम्भोधिमीश्वरस्य नियोगतः
He drinks the entire ocean by the command of the Lord.
पालयन्ति प्रजाः सर्वास्ते ऽपि तस्य नियोगतः
All of them protect all beings by his command.
अन्याश्च देवताः सर्वा मच्छास्त्रेणैव धिष्ठिताः
And all other deities are established only by my ordinance.
यक्षरक्षः पिशाचाश्च स्थिताः शास्त्रे स्वयंभुवः
Yakṣas, Rākṣasas, and Piśācas are established in the ordinance of the self-born.
ऋतवः पक्षमासाश्च स्थिताः शास्त्रे प्रजापतेः
The seasons, fortnights, and months are established in the ordinance of the progenitor.
पराश्चैव परार्धाश्च कालभेदास्तथा परे
And the supreme and the supreme portions, as well as the divisions of time, are likewise beyond.
नियोगादेव वर्तन्ते देवस्य परमात्मनः
They all exist only by the command of the Supreme Soul.
ब्रह्माण्डानि च वर्तन्ते सर्वाण्येव स्वयंभुवः
All the cosmic eggs exist, indeed, by the self-born one.
प्रवृत्तानि पदार्थौघैः सहितानि समन्ततः
They have arisen, accompanied on all sides by multitudes of elements.
वहिष्यन्ति सदैवाज्ञां परस्य परमात्मनः
They always carry out the command of the Supreme Self.
भूतादिरादिप्रकृतिर्नियोगे मम वर्तते
The primal nature, the origin of beings, operates under my direction.
माया विवर्तते नित्यं सापीश्वरनियोगतः
Māyā constantly transforms, and she too acts by the command of the Lord.
आत्मासौ वर्तते नित्यमीश्वरस्य नियोगतः
This Self always exists by the direction of the Lord.