व्रजंस्तिष्ठन् पदैकेन यथैवैकेन गच्छति । यथा तृणजलौकैवं देही कर्मगतिं गत: ॥ ४० ॥
vrajaṁs tiṣṭhan padaikena yathaivaikena gacchati yathā tṛṇa-jalaukaivaṁ dehī karma-gatiṁ gataḥ
- vrajan
- a person, while traveling on the road
- tiṣṭhan
- while standing
- padā ekena
- on one foot
- yathā
- as
- eva
- indeed
- ekena
- by another foot
- gacchati
- goes
- yathā
- as
- tṛṇa-jalaukā
- a worm on a vegetable
- evam
- in this way
- dehī
- the living entity
- karma-gatim
- the reactions of fruitive activities
- gataḥ
- undergoes
Just as a person traveling on the road rests one foot on the ground and then lifts the other, or as a worm on a vegetable transfers itself to one leaf and then gives up the previous one, the conditioned soul takes shelter of another body and then gives up the one he had before.