एवं पञ्चविधं लिङ्गं त्रिवृत् षोडश विस्तृतम् । एष चेतनया युक्तो जीव इत्यभिधीयते ॥ ७४ ॥
evam panca-vidham lingam tri-vrt sodasa vistrtam esa cetanaya yukto jiva ity abhidhiyate
- evam
- thus
- panca-vidham
- the five sense objects
- lingam
- the subtle body
- tri-vrt
- influenced by the three modes
- sodasa
- sixteen
- vistrtam
- expanded
- esah
- this
- cetanaya
- with the living entity
- yuktah
- combined
- jivah
- the conditioned soul
- iti
- thus
- abhidhiyate
- is understood.
The five sense objects, the five sense organs, the five knowledge-acquiring senses and the mind are the sixteen material expansions. These combine with the living entity and are influenced by the three modes of material nature. Thus the existence of the conditioned soul is understood.