अथ बद्धस्य मुक्तस्य वैलक्षण्यं वदामि ते । विरुद्धधर्मिणोस्तात स्थितयोरेकधर्मिणि ॥ ५ ॥
atha baddhasya muktasya vailakṣaṇyaṁ vadāmi te viruddha-dharmiṇos tāta sthitayor eka-dharmiṇi
- atha
- thus
- baddhasya
- of the conditioned soul
- muktasya
- of the liberated Personality of Godhead
- vailakṣaṇyam
- different characteristics
- vadāmi
- I will now speak
- te
- unto you
- viruddha
- opposing
- dharmiṇoḥ
- whose two natures
- tāta
- My dear Uddhava
- sthitayoḥ
- of the two who are situated
- eka-dharmiṇi
- in the one body which manifests their different characteristics
Thus, My dear Uddhava, in the same material body we find opposing characteristics, such as great happiness and misery. That is because both the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is eternally liberated, as well as the conditioned soul are within the body. I shall now speak to you about their different characteristics.