देशकालादिभावानां वस्तूनां मम सत्तम । गुणदोषौ विधीयेते नियमार्थं हि कर्मणाम् ॥ ७ ॥
deśa-kālādi-bhāvānāṁ vastūnāṁ mama sattama guṇa-doṣau vidhīyete niyamārthaṁ hi karmaṇām
- deśa
- of space
- kāla
- time
- ādi
- and so on
- bhāvānām
- of such states of existence
- vastūnām
- of things
- mama
- by Me
- sat-tama
- O most saintly Uddhava
- guṇa-doṣau
- piety and sin
- vidhīyete
- are established
- niyama-artham
- for the restriction
- hi
- certainly
- karmaṇām
- of fruitive activities
O saintly Uddhava, in order to restrict materialistic activities, I have established that which is proper and improper among all material things, including time, space and all physical objects.