कालकर्मगुणाधीनो देहोऽयं पाञ्चभौतिक: । कथमन्यांस्तु गोपायेत्सर्पग्रस्तो यथा परम् ॥ ४६ ॥
kala-karma-gunadhino deho ’yam panca-bhautikah katham anyams tu gopayet sarpa-grasto yatha param
- kala
- eternal time
- karma
- action
- guna
- modes of nature
- adhinah
- under the control of
- dehah
- material body and mind
- ayam
- this
- panca-bhautikah
- made of the five elements
- katham
- how
- anyan
- others
- tu
- but
- gopayet
- give protection
- sarpa-grastah
- one who is bitten by the snake
- yatha
- as much as
- param
- others.
This gross material body made of five elements is already under the control of eternal time (kala), action (karma) and the modes of material nature (guna). How, then, can it, being already in the jaws of the serpent, protect others?