nasy otavad yasya vaśe ca lokaḥ

yamah uvaca-Yamaraja replied; parah-superior; mat-than me; anyah-another; jagatah-of all moving things; tasthusah-of nonmoving things; ca-and; otam-crosswise; protam-lengthwise; patavat-like a woven cloth; yatra-in whom; visvam-the cosmic manifestation; yat-of whom; amsatah-from the partial expansions; asya-of this universe; sthiti-the maintenance; janma-the creation; nasah-the annihilation; nasi-in the nose; ota-vat-like the rope; yasya-of whom; vase-under the control; ca-and; lokah-the whole creation.