यदाक्षैश्चरितान् ध्यायन् कर्माण्याचिनुतेऽसकृत् । सति कर्मण्यविद्यायां बन्ध: कर्मण्यनात्मन: ॥ ७८ ॥
yadaksais caritan dhyayan karmany acinute ’sakrt sati karmany avidyayam bandhah karmany anatmanah
- yada
- when
- aksaih
- by the senses
- caritan
- pleasures enjoyed
- dhyayan
- thinking of
- karmani
- activities
- acinute
- performs
- asakrt
- always
- sati karmani
- when material affairs continue
- avidyayam
- under illusion
- bandhah
- bondage
- karmani
- in activity
- anatmanah
- of the material body.
As long as we desire to enjoy sense gratification, we create material activities. When the living entity acts in the material field, he enjoys the senses, and while enjoying the senses, he creates another series of material activities. In this way the living entity becomes entrapped as a conditioned soul.