विकल्पे विद्यमानेऽपि न ह्यसन्तोषहेतव: । पुंसो मोहमृते भिन्ना यल्लोके निजकर्मभि: ॥ २८ ॥
vikalpe vidyamane ’pi na hy asantosa-hetavah pumso moham rte bhinna yal loke nija-karmabhih
- vikalpe
- alternation
- vidyamane api
- although there is
- na
- not
- hi
- certainly
- asantosa
- dissatisfaction
- hetavah
- causes
- pumsah
- of the persons
- moham rte
- without being illusioned
- bhinnah
- separated
- yat loke
- within this world
- nija-karmabhih
- by his own work.
My dear Dhruva, if you feel that your sense of honor has been insulted, you still have no cause for dissatisfaction. This kind of dissatisfaction is another feature of the illusory energy; every living entity is controlled by his previous actions, and therefore there are different varieties of life for enjoying or suffering.