नृत्यतो गायत: पश्यन् यथैवानुकरोति तान् । एवं बुद्धिगुणान् पश्यन्ननीहोऽप्यनुकार्यते ॥ ५३ ॥
nṛtyato gāyataḥ paśyan yathaivānukaroti tān evaṁ buddhi-guṇān paśyann anīho ’py anukāryate
- nṛtyataḥ
- persons who are dancing
- gāyataḥ
- and singing
- paśyan
- observing
- yathā
- just as
- eva
- indeed
- anukaroti
- imitates
- tān
- them
- evam
- thus
- buddhi
- of the material intelligence
- guṇān
- the acquired qualities
- paśyan
- seeing
- anīhaḥ
- although not himself engaged in activity
- api
- nevertheless
- anukāryate
- is made to imitate
Just as one may imitate persons whom one sees dancing and singing, similarly the soul, although never the doer of material activities, becomes captivated by material intelligence and is thus forced to imitate its qualities.