तावानयं व्यवहार: सदावि:क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्ष्यो भवति स्थूलसूक्ष्म: । तस्मान्मनो लिङ्गमदो वदन्तिगुणागुणत्वस्य परावरस्य ॥ ७ ॥
tavan ayam vyavaharah sadavih ksetrajna-saksyo bhavati sthula-suksmah tasman mano lingam ado vadanti gunagunatvasya paravarasya
- tavan
- until that time
- ayam
- this
- vyavaharah
- the artificial designations (being fat or skinny, or belonging to the demigods or human beings)
- sada
- always
- avih
- manifesting
- ksetra-jna
- of the living entity
- saksyah
- testimony
- bhavati
- is
- sthula-suksmah
- fat and skinny
- tasmat
- therefore
- manah
- the mind
- lingam
- the cause
- adah
- this
- vadanti
- they say
- guna-agunatvasya
- of being absorbed in material qualities or devoid of material qualities
- para-avarasya
- and of lower and higher conditions of life
The mind makes the living entity within this material world wander through different species of life, and thus the living entity experiences mundane affairs in different forms as a human being, demigod, fat person, skinny person and so forth. Learned scholars say that bodily appearance, bondage and liberation are caused by the mind.