nanu ced īśvara-vaśaṁ jagatvayoktaṁ, tarhi kāla-karma-guṇādhīno dehaḥ katham ucyate? tatrāha—eka eva bhagavān idaṁ jagat, nanu vijñānānandaḥ kathañcij-jaḍātmakaṁ jagat? tatrāha—māyayor udheti |
svaśaktyā jagad-rūpa ity arthaḥ |
triguṇātmikātha jñānaṁ ca tathā cic-chaktir eva ca | māyā-śabdena bhaṇyante śabda-tattvārthavedibhiḥ iti śabda-mahodadheḥ |
cicchaktir atra parākhyā kṣetrajñākhyā ca gṛhyate, dvayoś cid-rūpa-viśeṣāt, kālo'pi tac-chaktiḥ svakāla-śaktyā kṣapayan iti vakṣyamāṇāt |
tathā ca parākhyayātmanāṁ jīvānām ātmāntaryāmī |
triguṇayā kṣetrajñākhyayā kālākhyayā cānantaro jagad-rūpa ity arthaḥ |
tad idaṁ tvaṁ viveka-dṛṣṭyā paśyati ||