एता मनोरथमयीर्हान्यस्योच्चावचास्तनू: । गुणसङ्गादुपादत्ते क्वचित् कश्चिज्जहाति च ॥ ४८ ॥
etā manoratha-mayīr hānyasyoccāvacās tanūḥ guṇa-saṅgād upādatte kvacit kaścij jahāti ca
- etāḥ
- these
- manaḥ-rathaḥ-mayīḥ
- achieved by meditation of the mind
- ha
- certainly
- anyasya
- of the body (who is separate from the self)
- ucca
- greater
- avacāḥ
- and lesser
- tanūḥ
- bodily conditions
- guṇa-saṅgāt
- because of associating with the modes of nature
- upādatte
- he accepts
- kvacit
- sometimes
- kaścit
- someone
- jahāti
- gives up
- ca
- and
Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction.