dravyam vayah karma gunan visesam
yad-yogamaya-vihitan vadanti
yad durvibhavyam prabudhapabadham
prasidatam nah sa maha-vibhutih
dravyam-the five elements of the material world; vayah-time; karma-fruitive activities; gunan-the three modes of material nature; visesam-the varieties caused by combinations of the twenty-three elements; yat-that which; yoga-maya-by the Lord's creative potency; vihitan-all done; vadanti-all learned men say; yat durvibhavyam-which is actually extremely difficult to understand; prabudha-apabadham-rejected by the learned, by those who are fully aware; prasidatam-may be pleased; nah-upon us; sah-He; maha-vibhutih-the controller of everything.