उत्सीदेयुरिमे लोका न कुर्यां कर्म चेदहम् |\nसङ्करस्य च कर्ता स्यामुपहन्यामिमाः प्रजाः ||३-२४||
utsīdeyurime lokā na kuryāṃ karma cedaham .\nsaṅkarasya ca kartā syāmupahanyāmimāḥ prajāḥ ||3-24||
If I ceased to perform prescribed actions, all these worlds would perish. I would be responsible for the pandemonium that would prevail, and would thereby destroy the peace of the human race.