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स ईश्वरः काल उरुक्रमो ऽसाव् ओजः सहः सत्त्वबलेन्द्रियात्मा ।
स एव विश्वं परमः स्वशक्तिभिः सृजत्यवत्यत्ति गुणत्रयेशः ॥ ८ ॥
 
sa isvarah kala urukramo 'sav
ojah sahah sattva-balendriyatma
sa eva visvam paramah sva-saktibhih
srjaty avaty atti guna-trayesah
sah-He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead); isvarah-the supreme controller; kalah-the time factor; urukramah-the Lord, whose every action is uncommon; asau-that one; ojah-the strength of the senses; sahah-the strength of the mind; sattva-steadiness; bala-bodily strength; indriya-and of the senses themselves; atma-the very self; sah-He; eva-indeed; visvam-the whole universe; paramah-the supreme; sva-saktibhih-by His multifarious transcendental potencies; srjati-creates; avati-maintains; atti-winds up; guna-traya-isah-the master of the material modes.