स्वयोनिषु यथा ज्योतिरेकं नाना प्रतीयते । योनीनां गुणवैषम्यात्तथात्मा प्रकृतौ स्थित: ॥ ४३ ॥
sva-yonisu yatha jyotir ekam nana pratiyate yoninam guna-vaisamyat tathatma prakrtau sthitah
- sva-yonisu
- in forms of wood
- yatha
- as
- jyotih
- fire
- ekam
- one
- nana
- differently
- pratiyate
- is exhibited
- yoninam
- of different wombs
- guna-vaisamyat
- from the different conditions of the modes
- tatha
- so
- atma
- the spirit soul
- prakrtau
- in the material nature
- sthitah
- situated.
As fire is exhibited in different forms of wood, so, under different conditions of the modes of material nature, the pure spirit soul manifests itself in different bodies.