Chapter 4/Verse 6
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन् ।
प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया ॥४-६॥
ajo'pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san ।
prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya saṃbhavāmyātmamāyayā ॥4-6॥
Even though being unborn, an imperishable self, the lord of beings, and having governance over my own nature, I come into being by the magical power of the self.
Word-for-word translations
ajas (masculine, nominative, singular) = unborn
api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even though
san (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = being
avyayātmā (avyaya + ātmā) (compound) (masculine, nominative, singular) = imperishable self
bhūtānām (masculine, genitive, plural) = of beings
īśvaras (masculine, nominative, singular) = lord
api (adverb) (indeclinable) = even though
san (present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = being
prakṛtim (feminine, accusative, singular) = nature
svām (feminine, accusative, singular) = my own
adhiṣṭhāya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having governance over
saṃbhavāmi (present tense, 1st person, singular) = I come into being
ātmamāyayā (ātma + māyayā) (compound) (feminine, instrumental, singular) = by the magical power of the self
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