nānādhāt katham u ha veda tasya vartma

utpatti-of creation; sthiti-maintenance; laya-and dissolution; hetavah-the original causes; asya-of this material world; kalpah-capable of acting; sattva-adyah-headed by the sattva-guna; prakrti-gunah-the modes of material nature; yat-of whom; iksaya-by the glance; asan-became; yat-rupam-the form of whom; dhruvam-unlimited; akrtam-uncreated; yat-who; ekam-one; atman-in Himself; nana-variously; adhat-has manifested; katham-how; u ha-certainly; veda-can understand; tasya-His; vartma-path.