अन्त:पुरं च हृदयं विषूचिर्मन उच्यते । तत्र मोहं प्रसादं वा हर्षं प्राप्नोति तद्गुणै: ॥ १६ ॥
antah-puram ca hrdayam visucir mana ucyate tatra moham prasadam va harsam prapnoti tad-gunaih
- antah-puram
- private residence
- ca
- and
- hrdayam
- the heart
- visucih
- the servant named Visucina
- manah
- the mind
- ucyate
- is said
- tatra
- there
- moham
- illusion
- prasadam
- satisfaction
- va
- or
- harsam
- jubilation
- prapnoti
- obtains
- tat
- of the mind
- gunaih
- by the modes of nature.
The word antah-pura refers to the heart. The word visucina, meaning going everywhere indicates the mind. Within the mind the living entity enjoys the effects of the modes of material nature. These effects sometimes cause illusion, sometimes satisfaction and sometimes jubilation.