श्रीशुक उवाच बुद्धीन्द्रियमन:प्राणान् जनानामसृजत् प्रभु: । मात्रार्थं च भवार्थं च आत्मनेऽकल्पनाय च ॥ २ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca buddhīndriya-manaḥ-prāṇān janānām asṛjat prabhuḥ mātrārthaṁ ca bhavārthaṁ ca ātmane ’kalpanāya ca
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śukadeva Gosvāmī said
- buddhi
- material intelligence
- indriya
- senses
- manaḥ
- mind
- prāṇān
- and vital air
- janāṇām
- of the living entities
- asṛjat
- sent forth
- prabhuḥ
- the Supreme Lord
- mātra
- of sense gratification
- artham
- for the sake
- ca
- and
- bhava
- of birth (and the activities that follow it)
- artham
- for the sake
- ca
- and
- ātmane
- for the soul (and his attainment of happiness in his next life)
- akalpanāya
- for his ultimate abandonment of material motives
- ca
- and
Śukadeva Gosvamī said: The Supreme Lord manifested the material intelligence, senses, mind and vital air of the living entities so that they could indulge their desires for sense gratification, take repeated births to engage in fruitive activities, become elevated in future lives and ultimately attain liberation.