tvam va idam sadasad isa bhavams tato 'nyo
maya yad atma-para-buddhir iyam hy apartha
yad yasya janma nidhanam sthitir iksanam ca
tad vaitad eva vasukalavad asti-tarvoh
tvam-You; va-either; idam-the whole universe; sat-asat-consisting of cause and effect (You are the cause, and Your energy is the effect); isa-O my Lord, the supreme controller; bhavan-Yourself; tatah-from the universe; anyah-separately situated (the creation is made by the Lord, yet He remains separate from the creation); maya-the energy that appears as a separate creation; yat-of which; atma-para-buddhih-the conception of one's own and another's; iyam-this; hi-indeed; apartha-has no meaning (everything is Your Lordship, and therefore there is no hope for understanding "my" and "your"); yat-the substance from which; yasya-of which; janma-creation; nidhanam-annihilation; sthitih-maintenance; iksanam-manifestation; ca-and; tat-that; va-or; etat-this; eva-certainly; vasukala-vat-like the quality of being the earth and, beyond that, the subtle element of the earth (smell); asti-tarvoh-the seed (the cause) and the tree (the effect of the cause).