यतो यतो धावति दैवचोदितंमनो विकारात्मकमाप पञ्चसु । गुणेषु मायारचितेषु देह्यसौप्रपद्यमान: सह तेन जायते ॥ ४२ ॥
yato yato dhāvati daiva-coditaṁ mano vikārātmakam āpa pañcasu guṇeṣu māyā-raciteṣu dehy asau prapadyamānaḥ saha tena jāyate
- yataḥ yataḥ
- from one place to another or from one position to another
- dhāvati
- speculates
- daiva-coditam
- impelled by accident or deliberation
- manaḥ
- the mind
- vikāra-ātmakam
- changing from one type of thinking, feeling and willing to another
- āpa
- at the end, he obtains (a mentality)
- pañcasu
- at the time of death (when the material body turns totally into matter)
- guṇeṣu
- (the mind, not being liberated, becomes attached) to the material qualities
- māyā-raciteṣu
- where the material energy creates a similar body
- dehī
- the spirit soul who accepts such a body
- asau
- he
- prapadyamānaḥ
- being surrendered (to such a condition)
- saha
- with
- tena
- a similar body
- jāyate
- takes birth
At the time of death, according to the thinking, feeling and willing of the mind, which is involved in fruitive activities, one receives a particular body. In other words, the body develops according to the activities of the mind. Changes of body are due to the flickering of the mind, for otherwise the soul could remain in its original, spiritual body.