यदा जिघृक्षन् पुरुष: कार्त्स्न्येन प्रकृतेर्गुणान् । नवद्वारं द्विहस्ताङ्घ्रि तत्रामनुत साध्विति ॥ ४ ॥
yada jighrksan purusah kartsnyena prakrter gunan nava-dvaram dvi-hastanghri tatramanuta sadhv iti
- yada
- when
- jighrksan
- desiring to enjoy
- purusah
- the living entity
- kartsnyena
- in total
- prakrteh
- of material nature
- gunan
- the modes
- nava-dvaram
- having nine gates
- dvi
- two
- hasta
- hands
- anghri
- legs
- tatra
- there
- amanuta
- he thought
- sadhu
- very good
- iti
- thus.
When the living entity wants to enjoy the modes of material nature in their totality, he prefers, out of many bodily forms, to accept that body which has nine gates, two hands and two legs. Thus he prefers to become a human being or a demigod.