tava vibhavaḥ khalu bhagavan
tava vibhavaḥ khalu bhagavan
jagad-udaya-sthiti-layādīni
viśva-sṛjas te 'ṁśāṁśās
tatra mṛṣā spardhanti pṛthag abhimatyā
O Lord! Creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe is your greatness. The creators of the universe, portions of portions of you, compete in vain, thinking themselves separate from you.
Having explained the mutual control that the Lord and the devotee have over each other, Citraketu now explains the powers of the Lord in three verses. Vibhavaḥ means greatness. Creation and destruction are your greatness. “But we see that Brahmā and others create the universe.” Those creates are only portions of portions of you. “But Brahmā and Śiva are devotees. They compete in establishing the lordship of their masters.” That competition is useless because they identify with a particular body: I am Brahmā, I am Śiva, I am the sun god.
|| 6.16.36 ||
paramāṇu-parama-mahatos
tvam ādy-antāntara-vartī traya-vidhuraḥ
ādāv ante 'pi ca sattvānāṁ
yad dhruvaṁ tad evāntarāle 'pi
The subtle cause and the gross effect of this universe belong to you. You exist in the beginning, in the middle and in the end, but you are without beginning, middle and end, since you are fixed amidst the beginning middle and end of all products.
You are the creator, the real, permanent form. You are the first cause, most subtle (paramāṇu) and the final great effect (parama-mahatoḥ). You exist in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. But you are devoid of beginning, middle and end because you are eternal. You are steady as the cause of all effects (sattvānām) in the beginning, end and middle, like gold in relation to gold ornaments. Therefore you are the cause of all things, the permanent object, whereas everything else is a product, and therefore a temporary object.
|| 6.16.37 ||
kṣity-ādibhir eṣa kilāvṛtaḥ
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