बुद्धिं तु प्रमदां विद्यान्ममाहमिति यत्कृतम् । यामधिष्ठाय देहेऽस्मिन् पुमान् भुङ्क्तेऽक्षभिर्गुणान् ॥ ५ ॥
buddhim tu pramadam vidyan mamaham iti yat-krtam yam adhisthaya dehe ’smin puman bhunkte ’ksabhir gunan
- buddhim
- intelligence
- tu
- then
- pramadam
- the young woman (Puranjani)
- vidyat
- one should know
- mama
- my
- aham
- I
- iti
- thus
- yat-krtam
- done by intelligence
- yam
- which intelligence
- adhisthaya
- taking shelter of
- dehe
- in the body
- asmin
- this
- puman
- the living entity
- bhunkte
- suffers and enjoys
- aksabhih
- by the senses
- gunan
- the modes of material nature.
The great sage Narada continued: The word pramada mentioned in this regard refers to material intelligence, or ignorance. It is to be understood as such. When one takes shelter of this kind of intelligence, he identifies himself with the material body. Influenced by the material consciousness of and mine he begins to enjoy and suffer through his senses. Thus the living entity is entrapped.