न यावदेतन्मन आत्मलिङ्गं संसारतापावपनं जनस्य । यच्छोकमोहामयरागलोभ- वैरानुबन्धं ममतां विधत्ते ॥ १६ ॥
na yavad etan mana atma-lingam samsara-tapavapanam janasya yac choka-mohamaya-raga-lobha- vairanubandham mamatam vidhatte
- na
- not
- yavat
- as long as
- etat
- this
- manah
- mind
- atma-lingam
- existing as the false designation of the soul
- samsara-tapa
- of the miseries of this material world
- avapanam
- the growing ground
- janasya
- of the living being
- yat
- which
- soka
- of lamentation
- moha
- of illusion
- amaya
- of disease
- raga
- of attachment
- lobha
- of greed
- vaira
- of enmity
- anubandham
- the consequence
- mamatam
- the sense of ownership
- vidhatte
- gives
The soul’s designation, the mind, is the cause of all tribulations in the material world. As long as this fact is unknown to the conditioned living entity, he has to accept the miserable condition of the material body and wander within this universe in different positions. Because the mind is affected by disease, lamentation, illusion, attachment, greed and enmity, it creates bondage and a false sense of intimacy within this material world.