Stanza 57

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In plain words

To create in countless ways, to preserve, and to bring to judgement, two powers arose from That: vikṣepa and āvaraṇa. Salutation to Nārāyaṇa.

Word for word

In a lakh of ways, for creating this, and for preserving it, and then for punishing it here, vikṣepa and āvaraṇa, these two śaktis, arose from That. Salutation to Nārāyaṇa.