The Lord, of the nature of one who rules, Narayana, dwells, finds his standing, in the heart-region of all beings, Arjuna; he is of the nature of the inmost self that is bright, of a purified inner organ, as is seen in the text 'the day and the dark, the day and Arjuna'. How does he stand in them? The Lord says: causing all beings to whirl, as though mounted on a machine, the word 'as though' is to be marked here, as figures of wood and the like are mounted on a machine; standing there, causing them to whirl by maya, by his concealing power.

The Lord, of the nature of governing all, Vasudeva, stands in the heart-region of all beings, the place where the knowledge that is the root of all engagement and withdrawal arises. How, doing what, does He stand? 'Whirling all beings, mounted on the machine, by His maya': all beings, mounted on the machine called nature, in its state as body and senses, fashioned by Him alone, He stands setting going, in conformity with their qualities, by His own maya made of the qualities sattva and the rest. This is the meaning. This too was said before, 'I am seated in the heart of all; from Me are memory, knowledge, and their loss', and 'from Me everything sets going'. And revelation says, 'he who, standing in the self', and the rest. The Lord states the cause of release from this maya.

This is a brief sub-gloss. For a fuller reading of this verse, see Madhusūdana, Śaṅkara, or Rāmānuja above.

Madhvacharya does not comment on this verse.