ज्योतिर्यथैवोदकपार्थिवेष्वद:समीरवेगानुगतं विभाव्यते । एवं स्वमायारचितेष्वसौ पुमान्गुणेषु रागानुगतो विमुह्यति ॥ ४३ ॥
jyotir yathaivodaka-pārthiveṣv adaḥ samīra-vegānugataṁ vibhāvyate evaṁ sva-māyā-raciteṣv asau pumān guṇeṣu rāgānugato vimuhyati
- jyotiḥ
- the luminaries in the sky, such as the sun, the moon and the stars
- yathā
- as
- eva
- indeed
- udaka
- in water
- pārthiveṣu
- or in other liquids, like oil
- adaḥ
- directly
- samīra-vega-anugatam
- being forced by the movements of the wind
- vibhāvyate
- appear in different shapes
- evam
- in this way
- sva-māyā-raciteṣu
- in the situation created by one’s mental concoctions
- asau
- the living entity
- pumān
- person
- guṇeṣu
- in the material world, manifested by the modes of nature
- rāga-anugataḥ
- according to his attachment
- vimuhyati
- becomes bewildered by identification
When the luminaries in the sky, such as the moon, the sun and the stars, are reflected in liquids like oil or water, they appear to be of different shapes — sometimes round, sometimes long, and so on — because of the movements of the wind. Similarly, when the living entity, the soul, is absorbed in materialistic thoughts, he accepts various manifestations as his own identity because of ignorance. In other words, one is bewildered by mental concoctions because of agitation from the material modes of nature.