क्वचित्पुमान् क्वचिच्च स्त्री क्वचिन्नोभयमन्धधी: । देवो मनुष्यस्तिर्यग्वा यथाकर्मगुणं भव: ॥ २९ ॥
kvacit puman kvacic ca stri kvacin nobhayam andha-dhih devo manusyas tiryag va yatha-karma-gunam bhavah
- kvacit
- sometimes
- puman
- male
- kvacit
- sometimes
- ca
- also
- stri
- female
- kvacit
- sometimes
- na
- not
- ubhayam
- both
- andha
- blind
- dhih
- he whose intelligence
- devah
- demigod
- manusyah
- human being
- tiryak
- animal, bird, beast
- va
- or
- yatha
- according to
- karma
- of activities
- gunam
- the qualities
- bhavah
- birth.
Covered by the mode of ignorance in material nature, the living entity is sometimes a male, sometimes a female, sometimes a eunuch, sometimes a human being, sometimes a demigod, sometimes a bird, an animal, and so on. In this way he is wandering within the material world. His acceptance of different types of bodies is brought about by his activities under the influence of the modes of nature.