उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् | सङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham . saṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ
若我不行事,这些世界将趋于毁灭。我将成为种姓混淆的肇因,并毁灭这些众生。
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.
如果我不从事行动,人们也会变得不活跃。他们将不会按照其瓦尔那-阿施拉玛达摩(Varnasrama Dharma,即规范其社会阶层和人生阶段的道德准则)履行职责。因此,种姓混淆将会出现,我将不得不毁灭这些众生。
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.