स्वभावतन्त्रो हि जन: स्वभावमनुवर्तते । स्वभावस्थमिदं सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् ॥ १६ ॥
svabhāva-tantro hi janaḥ svabhāvam anuvartate svabhāva-stham idaṁ sarvaṁ sa-devāsura-mānuṣam
- svabhāva
- of his conditioned nature
- tantraḥ
- under the control
- hi
- indeed
- janaḥ
- a person
- svabhāvam
- his nature
- anuvartate
- he follows
- svabhāva-stham
- based on conditioned propensities
- idam
- this world
- sarvam
- entire
- sa
- together with
- deva
- the demigods
- asura
- the demons
- mānuṣam
- and humankind
Every individual is under the control of his own conditioned nature, and thus he must follow that nature. This entire universe, with all its demigods, demons and human beings, is based on the conditioned nature of the living entities.