केचित्कर्म वदन्त्येनं स्वभावमपरे नृप । एके कालं परे दैवं पुंस: काममुतापरे ॥ २२ ॥
kecit karma vadanty enam svabhavam apare nrpa eke kalam pare daivam pumsah kamam utapare
- kecit
- some
- karma
- fruitive activities
- vadanti
- explain
- enam
- that
- svabhavam
- nature
- apare
- others
- nrpa
- my dear King Dhruva
- eke
- some
- kalam
- time
- pare
- others
- daivam
- fate
- pumsah
- of the living entity
- kamam
- desire
- uta
- also
- apare
- others.
The differentiation among varieties of life and their suffering and enjoyment is explained by some to be the result of karma. Others say it is due to nature, others due to time, others due to fate, and still others say that it is due to desire.