na yatra kalo 'nimisam parah prabhuh
kuto nu deva jagatam ya isire
na yatra sattvam na rajas tamas ca
na vai vikaro na mahan pradhanam
na-not; yatra-wherein; kalah-destructive time; animisam-of the heavenly demigods; parah-superior; prabhuh-controller; kutah-where is there; nu-certainly; devah-the demigods; jagatam-the mundane creatures; ye-those; isire-rules; na-no; yatra-therein; sattvam-mundane goodness; na-nor; rajah-mundane passion; tamah-mundane ignorance; ca-also; na-nor; vai-certainly; vikarah-transformation; na-nor; mahan-the material causal ocean; pradhanam-material nature.