पुंसोऽयुक्तस्य नानार्थो भ्रम: स गुणदोषभाक् । कर्माकर्मविकर्मेति गुणदोषधियो भिदा ॥ ८ ॥
puṁso ’yuktasya nānārtho bhramaḥ sa guṇa-doṣa-bhāk karmākarma-vikarmeti guṇa-doṣa-dhiyo bhidā
- puṁsaḥ
- of a person
- ayuktasya
- whose mind is diverted from the truth
- nānā
- many
- arthaḥ
- values or meanings
- bhramaḥ
- confusion
- saḥ
- that
- guṇa
- something good
- doṣa
- something bad
- bhāk
- embodying
- karma
- compulsory duties
- akarma
- nonperformance of prescribed duties
- vikarma
- forbidden activities
- iti
- thus
- guṇa
- good things
- doṣa
- bad things
- dhiyaḥ
- of one who perceives
- bhidā
- this difference
One whose consciousness is bewildered by illusion perceives many differences in value and meaning among material objects. Thus one engages constantly on the platform of material good and evil and is bound by such conceptions. Absorbed in material duality, such a person contemplates the performance of compulsory duties, nonperformance of such duties and performance of forbidden activities.