स यदजया त्वजामनुशयीत गुणांश्च जुषन् भजति सरूपतां तदनु मृत्युमपेतभग: । त्वमुत जहासि तामहिरिव त्वचमात्तभगो महसि महीयसेऽष्टगुणितेऽपरिमेयभग: ॥ ३८ ॥
sa yad ajayā tv ajām anuśayīta guṇāṁś ca juṣan bhajati sarūpatāṁ tad anu mṛtyum apeta-bhagaḥ tvam uta jahāsi tām ahir iva tvacam ātta-bhago mahasi mahīyase ’ṣṭa-guṇite ’parimeya-bhagaḥ
- saḥ
- he (the individual living entity)
- yat
- because
- ajayā
- by the influence of the material energy
- tu
- but
- ajām
- that material energy
- anuśayīta
- lies down next to
- guṇān
- her qualities
- ca
- and
- juṣan
- assuming
- bhajati
- he takes on
- sa-rūpatām
- forms resembling (the qualities of nature)
- tat-anu
- following that
- mṛtyum
- death
- apeta
- deprived
- bhagaḥ
- of his assets
- tvam
- You
- uta
- on the other hand
- jahāsi
- leave aside
- tām
- her (the material energy)
- ahiḥ
- a snake
- iva
- as if
- tvacam
- its (old, discarded) skin
- ātta-bhagaḥ
- endowed with all assets
- mahasi
- in Your spiritual powers
- mahīyase
- You are glorified
- aṣṭa-guṇite
- eightfold
- aparimeya
- unlimited
- bhagaḥ
- whose greatness
The illusory material nature attracts the minute living entity to embrace her, and as a result he assumes forms composed of her qualities. Subsequently, he loses all his spiritual qualities and must undergo repeated deaths. You, however, avoid the material energy in the same way that a snake abandons its old skin. Glorious in Your possession of eight mystic perfections, You enjoy unlimited opulences.