तदर्थं कुरुते कर्म यद्बद्धो याति संसृतिम् । योऽनुयाति ददत्क्लेशमविद्याकर्मबन्धन: ॥ ३१ ॥
tad-artham kurute karma yad-baddho yati samsrtim yo ’nuyati dadat klesam avidya-karma-bandhanah
- tat-artham
- for the sake of the body
- kurute
- he performs
- karma
- actions
- yat-baddhah
- bound by which
- yati
- he goes
- samsrtim
- to repeated birth and death
- yah
- which body
- anuyati
- follows
- dadat
- giving
- klesam
- misery
- avidya
- by ignorance
- karma
- by fruitive activities
- bandhanah
- the cause of bondage.
For the sake of the body, which is a source of constant trouble to him and which follows him because he is bound by ties of ignorance and fruitive activities, he performs various actions which cause him to be subjected to repeated birth and death.