योऽसौ गुणैर्विरचितो देहोऽयं पुरुषस्य हि । संसारस्तन्निबन्धोऽयं पुंसो विद्याच्छिदात्मन: ॥ १० ॥
yo ’sau guṇair viracito deho ’yaṁ puruṣasya hi saṁsāras tan-nibandho ’yaṁ puṁso vidyā cchid ātmanaḥ
- yaḥ
- which
- asau
- that(subtle body)
- guṇaiḥ
- by the material modes
- viracitaḥ
- constructed
- dehaḥ
- the body
- ayam
- this (gross body)
- puruṣasya
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- hi
- certainly
- saṁsāraḥ
- material existence
- tat-nibandhaḥ
- tied to that
- ayam
- this
- puṁsaḥ
- of the living entity
- vidyā
- knowledge
- chit
- that which cuts apart
- ātmanaḥ
- of the soul
The subtle and gross material bodies are created by the material modes of nature, which expand from the potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Material existence occurs when the living entity falsely accepts the qualities of the gross and subtle bodies as being his own factual nature. This illusory state, however, can be destroyed by real knowledge.