Chapter 4, Verse 6
अजोऽपि सन्नव्ययात्मा भूतानामीश्वरोऽपि सन्। प्रकृतिं स्वामधिष्ठाय संभवाम्यात्ममायया।।4.6।।
ajo'pi sannavyayātmā bhūtānāmīśvaro'pi san। prakṛtiṃ svāmadhiṣṭhāya saṃbhavāmyātmamāyayā।।4.6।।
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- अजः
- unborn
- अपि
- although / even
- सन्
- being
- अव्ययात्मा
- of imperishable nature/self
- भूतानाम्
- of all beings
- ईश्वरः
- the Lord/ruler
- अपि
- although / even
- सन्
- being
- प्रकृतिम्
- material nature/prakṛti
- स्वाम्
- own
- अधिष्ठाय
- presiding over / having taken control of
- संभवामि
- I come into being / manifest
- आत्ममायया
- by my own māyā (creative power/illusion)
Commentary
6. Though I am unborn, of imperishable nature, and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet ruling over My own nature, I am born by My own Maya\
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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अजः
अपि
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