यदा क्षितावेव चराचरस्य विदाम निष्ठां प्रभवं च नित्यम् । तन्नामतोऽन्यद् व्यवहारमूलं निरूप्यतां सत् क्रिययानुमेयम् ॥ ८ ॥
yada ksitav eva caracarasya vidama nistham prabhavam ca nityam tan namato ’nyad vyavahara-mulam nirupyatam sat-kriyayanumeyam
- yada
- therefore
- ksitau
- in the earth
- eva
- certainly
- cara-acarasya
- of different bodies, some moving and some not moving
- vidama
- we know
- nistham
- annihilation
- prabhavam
- appearance
- ca
- and
- nityam
- regularly by the principles of nature
- tat
- that
- namatah
- than simply by name
- anyat
- other
- vyavahara-mulam
- cause of material activities
- nirupyatam
- let it be ascertained
- sat-kriyaya
- by actual employment
- anumeyam
- to be inferred
All of us on the surface of the globe are living entities in different forms. Some of us are moving and some not moving. All of us come into existence, remain for some time and are annihilated when the body is again mingled with the earth. We are all simply different transformations of the earth. Different bodies and capacities are simply transformations of the earth that exist in name only, for everything grows out of the earth and when everything is annihilated it again mingles with the earth. In other words, we are but dust, and we shall but be dust. Everyone can consider this point.