गुणमय्या स्वशक्त्यास्य सर्गस्थित्यप्ययान्विभो ।
धत्से यदा स्वदृग्भूमन् ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवाभिधाम् ॥ २३ ॥
sarga-sthity-apyayan vibho
dhatse yada sva-drg bhuman
guna-mayya-acting in three modes of activity; sva-saktya-by the external energy of Your Lordship; asya-of this material world; sarga-sthiti-apyayan-creation, maintenance and annihilation; vibho-O lord; dhatse-you execute; yada-when; sva-drk-you manifest yourself; bhuman-O great one; brahma-visnu-siva-abhidham-as Lord Brahma, Lord Visnu or Lord Siva.
O lord, you are self-effulgent and supreme. You create this material world by your personal energy, and you assume the names
Brahma,
Visnu and
Mahesvara when you act in creation, maintenance and annihilation.
This prayer is actually offered to Lord
Visnu, the
purusa, who in His incarnations as the
guna-avataras assumes the names
Brahma, Visnu and
Mahesvara.