पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् ।कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ॥
puruṣaḥ prakṛti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛti-jān guṇān |kāraṇaṃ guṇa-saṅgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu ||
- प्रकृतिस्थः · prakṛti-sthaḥ
- seated in nature
- भुङ्क्ते · bhuṅkte
- experiences, enjoys
- प्रकृतिजान् गुणान् · prakṛti-jān guṇān
- the qualities born of nature
- गुणसङ्गः · guṇa-saṅgaḥ
- clinging to the qualities
- कारणम् · kāraṇam
- the cause
- सदसद्योनिजन्मसु · sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
- in births in good and evil wombs
“Spirit, seated in nature, experiences the qualities born of nature — and clinging to those qualities is the cause of its births in good and evil wombs.”
— Original plain-language translation
Bondage is diagnosed as attachment, not contact: spirit need only stop clinging to be free. Rebirth follows taste — whatever qualities one grips decide the next field. Chapter 14 will unpack these three qualities fully.
— Reader's notes (original)