गुणैर्विचित्रा: सृजतीं सरूपा: प्रकृतिं प्रजा: । विलोक्य मुमुहे सद्य: स इह ज्ञानगूहया ॥ ५ ॥
gunair vicitrah srjatim sa-rupah prakrtim prajah vilokya mumuhe sadyah sa iha jnana-guhaya
- gunaih
- by the threefold modes
- vicitrah
- variegated
- srjatim
- creating
- sa-rupah
- with forms
- prakrtim
- material nature
- prajah
- living entities
- vilokya
- having seen
- mumuhe
- was illusioned
- sadyah
- at once
- sah
- the living entity
- iha
- in this world
- jnana-guhaya
- by the knowledge-covering feature.
Divided into varieties by her threefold modes, material nature creates the forms of the living entities, and the living entities, seeing this, are illusioned by the knowledge-covering feature of the illusory energy.