Bhagavad Gita 13.21
पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु।।
puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇān kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| puruṣhaḥ | puruṣhaḥ | the individual soul |
| prakṛiti-sthaḥ | prakṛiti-sthaḥ | seated in the material energy |
| hi | hi | indeed |
| bhuṅkte | bhuṅkte | desires to enjoy |
| prakṛiti-jān | prakṛiti-jān | produced by the material energy |
| guṇān | guṇān | the three modes of nature |
| kāraṇam | kāraṇam | the cause |
| guṇa-saṅgaḥ | guṇa-saṅgaḥ | the attachment (to three guṇas) |
| asya | asya | of its |
| sat-asat-yoni | sat-asat-yoni | in superior and inferior wombs |
| janmasu | janmasu | of birth |
The soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs.
प्रकृति में स्थित पुरुष प्रकृति से उत्पन्न गुणों को भोगता है। इन गुणों का संग ही इस पुरुष (जीव) के शुभ और अशुभ योनियों में जन्म लेने का कारण है।।