कर्माणि कर्मभि: कुर्वन्सनिमित्तानि देहभृत् । तत्तत्कर्मफलं गृह्णन्भ्रमतीह सुखेतरम् ॥ ६ ॥
karmāṇi karmabhiḥ kurvan sa-nimittāni deha-bhṛt tat tat karma-phalaṁ gṛhṇan bhramatīha sukhetaram
- karmāṇi
- various kinds of fruitive work
- karmabhiḥ
- by the karmendriyas, the organs of action
- kurvan
- performing
- sa-nimittāni
- which are imbued with motivating desires
- deha-bhṛt
- the proprietor of the material body
- tat tat
- various
- karma-phalam
- results of work
- gṛhṇan
- accepting
- bhramati
- he wanders
- iha
- throughout this world
- sukha
- happiness
- itaram
- and otherwise
Impelled by deep-rooted material desires, the embodied living entity engages his active sense organs in fruitive activities. He then experiences the results of his material actions by wandering throughout this world in so-called happiness and distress.