हेतुर्जीवोऽस्य सर्गादेरविद्याकर्मकारक: । यं चानुशायिनं प्राहुरव्याकृतमुतापरे ॥ १८ ॥
hetur jīvo ’sya sargāder avidyā-karma-kārakaḥ yaṁ cānuśāyinaṁ prāhur avyākṛtam utāpare
- hetuḥ
- the cause
- jīvaḥ
- the living being
- asya
- of this universe
- sarga-ādeḥ
- of the creation, maintenance and destruction
- avidyā
- out of ignorance
- karma-kārakaḥ
- the performer of material activities
- yam
- whom
- ca
- and
- anuśāyinam
- the underlying personality
- prāhuḥ
- they call
- avyākṛtam
- the unmanifest
- uta
- indeed
- apare
- others
Out of ignorance the living being performs material activities and thereby becomes in one sense the cause of the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe. Some authorities call the living being the personality underlying the material creation, while others say he is the unmanifest self.