देवहूतिरुवाच पुरुषं प्रकृतिर्ब्रह्मन्न विमुञ्चति कर्हिचित् । अन्योन्यापाश्रयत्वाच्च नित्यत्वादनयो: प्रभो ॥ १७ ॥
devahutir uvaca purusam prakrtir brahman na vimuncati karhicit anyonyapasrayatvac ca nityatvad anayoh prabho
- devahutih uvaca
- Devahuti said
- purusam
- the spirit soul
- prakrtih
- material nature
- brahman
- O brahmana
- na
- not
- vimuncati
- does release
- karhicit
- at any time
- anyonya
- to one another
- apasrayatvat
- from attraction
- ca
- and
- nityatvat
- from eternality
- anayoh
- of them both
- prabho
- O my Lord.
Sri Devahuti inquired: My dear brahmana, does material nature ever give release to the spirit soul? Since one is attracted to the other eternally, how is their separation possible?