sa tvam tri-loka-sthitaye sva-mayaya
bibharsi suklam khalu varnam atmanah
sargaya raktam rajasopabrmhitam
krsnam ca varnam tamasa janatyaye
sah tvam-Your Lordship, who are the same person, the Transcendence; tri-loka-sthitaye-to maintain the three worlds, the upper, middle and lower planetary systems; sva-mayaya-by Your personal energy (atma-mayaya); bibharsi-assume; suklam-the white form of Visnu in goodness; khalu-as well as; varnam-color; atmanah-of the same category as You (visnu-tattva); sargaya-for the creation of the entire world; raktam-the reddish color of rajo-guna; rajasa-with the quality of passion; upabrmhitam-being charged; krsnam ca-and the quality of darkness; varnam-the color; tamasa-which is surrounded by ignorance; jana-atyaye-for the ultimate destruction of the entire creation.