जीवस्य संसृतीर्बह्वीरविद्याकर्मनिर्मिता: । यास्वङ्ग प्रविशन्नात्मा न वेद गतिमात्मन: ॥ ३८ ॥
jivasya samsrtir bahvir avidya-karma-nirmitah yasv anga pravisann atma na veda gatim atmanah
- jivasya
- of the living entity
- samsrtih
- courses of material existence
- bahvih
- many
- avidya
- in ignorance
- karma
- by work
- nirmitah
- produced
- yasu
- into which
- anga
- My dear mother
- pravisan
- entering
- atma
- the living entity
- na
- not
- veda
- understands
- gatim
- the movement
- atmanah
- of himself.
There are varieties of material existence for the living entity according to the work he performs in ignorance or forgetfulness of his real identity. My dear mother, if anyone enters into that forgetfulness, he is unable to understand where his movements will end.