कथं वर्तेत विहरेत् कैर्वा ज्ञायेत लक्षणै: । किं भुञ्जीतोत विसृजेच्छयीतासीत याति वा ॥ ३६ ॥ एतदच्युत मे ब्रूहि प्रश्नं प्रश्नविदां वर । नित्यबद्धो नित्यमुक्त एक एवेति मे भ्रम: ॥ ३७ ॥
kathaṁ varteta viharet kair vā jñāyeta lakṣaṇaiḥ kiṁ bhuñjītota visṛjec chayītāsīta yāti vā etad acyuta me brūhi praśnaṁ praśna-vidāṁ vara nitya-baddho nitya-mukta eka eveti me bhramaḥ
- katham
- in what way
- varteta
- he is situated
- viharet
- he enjoys
- kaiḥ
- by which
- vā
- or
- jñāyeta
- would be known
- lakṣaṇaiḥ
- by symptoms
- kim
- what
- bhuñjīta
- he would eat
- uta
- and
- visṛjet
- would evacuate
- śayīta
- would lie down
- āsīta
- would sit
- yāti
- goes
- vā
- or
- etat
- this
- acyuta
- O Acyuta
- me
- to me
- brūhi
- explain
- praśnam
- the question
- praśna-vidām
- of all those who know how to answer questions
- vara
- O the best
- nitya-baddhaḥ
- eternally conditioned
- nitya-muktaḥ
- eternally liberated
- ekaḥ
- singular
- eva
- certainly
- iti
- thus
- me
- my
- bhramaḥ
- confusion
O my Lord, Acyuta, the same living entity is sometimes described as eternally conditioned and at other times as eternally liberated. I am not able to understand, therefore, the actual situation of the living entity. You, my Lord, are the best of those who are expert in answering philosophical questions. Please explain to me the symptoms by which one can tell the difference between a living entity who is eternally liberated and one who is eternally conditioned. In what various ways would they remain situated, enjoy life, eat, evacuate, lie down, sit or move about?