निरोधोत्पत्त्यणुबृहन्नानात्वं तत्कृतान् गुणान् । अन्त:प्रविष्ट आधत्त एवं देहगुणान् पर: ॥ ९ ॥
nirodhotpatty-aṇu-bṛhan- nānātvaṁ tat-kṛtān guṇān antaḥ praviṣṭa ādhatta evaṁ deha-guṇān paraḥ
- nirodha
- dormancy
- utpatti
- manifestation
- aṇu
- tiny
- bṛhat
- large
- nānātvam
- the variety of characteristics
- tat-kṛtān
- produced by that
- guṇān
- qualities
- antaḥ
- within
- praviṣṭaḥ
- having entered
- ādhatte
- accepts
- evam
- thus
- deha
- of the material body
- guṇān
- qualities
- paraḥ
- the transcendental entity
Just as fire may appear differently as dormant, manifest, weak, brilliant and so on, according to the condition of the fuel, similarly, the spirit soul enters a material body and accepts particular bodily characteristics.