मा स्वस्य कर्मबीजेन जायते सोऽप्ययं पुमान् । म्रियते वामरो भ्रान्त्या यथाग्निर्दारुसंयुत: ॥ ४६ ॥
mā svasya karma-bījena jāyate so ’py ayaṁ pumān mriyate vāmaro bhrāntyā yathāgnir dāru-saṁyutaḥ
- mā
- does not
- svasya
- of the self
- karma-bījena
- by the seed of his activities
- jāyate
- take birth
- saḥ
- he
- api
- indeed
- ayam
- this
- pumān
- personality
- mriyate
- dies
- vā
- or
- amaraḥ
- immortal
- bhrāntyā
- because of illusion
- yathā
- as
- agniḥ
- fire
- dāru
- with wood
- saṁyutaḥ
- joined
A person does not actually take birth out of the seed of past activities, nor, being immortal, does he die. By illusion the living being appears to be born and to die, just as fire in connection with firewood appears to begin and then cease to exist.