पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् | कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ||१३-२२||
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijānguṇān . kāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo.asya sadasadyonijanmasu ||13-22||
- puruṣaḥ
- the living entity
- prakṛti-sthaḥ
- being situated in the material energy
- hi
- certainly
- bhuṅkte
- enjoys
- prakṛti-jān
- produced by the material nature
- guṇān
- the modes of nature
- kāraṇam
- the cause
- guṇa-saṅgaḥ
- the association with the modes of nature
- asya
- of the living entity
- sat-asat
- in good and bad
- yoni
- species of life
- janmasu
- in births
The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species.