श्रीभगवानुवाच प्रकृतिस्थोऽपि पुरुषो नाज्यते प्राकृतैर्गुणै: । अविकारादकर्तृत्वान्निर्गुणत्वाज्जलार्कवत् ॥ १ ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca prakrti-stho ’pi puruso najyate prakrtair gunaih avikarad akartrtvan nirgunatvaj jalarkavat
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Personality of Godhead said
- prakrti-sthah
- residing in the material body
- api
- although
- purusah
- the living entity
- na
- not
- ajyate
- is affected
- prakrtaih
- of material nature
- gunaih
- by the modes
- avikarat
- from being without change
- akartrtvat
- by freedom from proprietorship
- nirgunatvat
- from being unaffected by the qualities of material nature
- jala
- on water
- arkavat
- like the sun
The Personality of Godhead Kapila continued: When the living entity is thus unaffected by the modes of material nature, because he is unchanging and does not claim proprietorship, he remains apart from the reactions of the modes, although abiding in a material body, just as the sun remains aloof from its reflection on water.