उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् | सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham . saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ
もし私がカルマ(行為)を行わなければ、これらの世界は滅びるであろう。そして私はヴァルナ(階級)の混淆の元となり、これらの存在を滅ぼすことになるだろう。
These worlds will be ruined if I do not perform action. And I shall become the agent of intermingling (of castes), and shall be destroying these beings.
もし私が行動に従事しなければ、人々もまた不活動になるでしょう。彼らはヴァルナーシュラマ・ダーマ(それぞれの階級と人生の段階を律する道徳規範)に従って義務を果たさないでしょう。その結果、ヴァルナの混淆が生じるでしょう。私はこれらの存在を滅ぼさなければならなくなるでしょう。
If I did not engage in action? people would also be inactive. They would not do their duties according to the Varnasrama Dharma (code of morals governing their own order and stage of life). Hence confusion of castes would arise. I would have to destroy these beings.