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एवं प्रवर्तते सर्गः स्थितिः संयम एव च ।
गुणव्यतिकराद्राजन् मायया परमात्मनः ॥ १६ ॥

evam pravartate sargah

sthitih samyama eva ca

guna-vyatikarad rajan

mayaya paramatmanah

evam-thus; pravartate-occurs; sargah-creation; sthitih-maintenance; samyamah-annihilation; eva-certainly; ca-and; guna-of the modes; vyatikarat-by interaction; rajan-O King; mayaya-by the illusory energy; paramatmanah-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.