एवं सृष्टानि भूतानि प्रविष्ट: पञ्चधातुभि: । एकधा दशधात्मानं विभजन्जुषते गुणान् ॥ ४ ॥
evaṁ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni praviṣṭaḥ pañca-dhātubhiḥ ekadhā daśadhātmānaṁ vibhajan juṣate guṇān
- evam
- in the manner just described
- sṛṣṭāni
- created
- bhūtāni
- the living beings
- praviṣṭaḥ
- having entered
- pañca-dhātubhiḥ
- (created) by the five gross elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether)
- ekadhā
- onefold (as the overseer of the mind)
- daśadhā
- tenfold (as the overseer of the five senses of perception and five organs of action)
- ātmānam
- Himself
- vibhajan
- dividing
- juṣate
- He engages (He causes the individual soul to engage)
- guṇān
- with the material modes
The Supersoul enters the material bodies of the created beings, activates the mind and senses, and thus causes the conditioned souls to approach the three modes of material nature for sense gratification.