अथ कदाचिन्निवासपानीयद्रविणाद्यनेकात्मोपजीवनाभिनिवेश एतस्यां संसाराटव्यामितस्तत: परिधावति ॥ ८ ॥
atha kadacin nivasa-paniya-dravinady-anekatmopajivanabhinivesa etasyam samsaratavyam itas tatah paridhavati.
- atha
- in this way
- kadacit
- sometimes
- nivasa
- residence
- paniya
- water
- dravina
- wealth
- adi
- and so on
- aneka
- in various items
- atma-upajivana
- which are considered necessary to maintain body and soul together
- abhinivesah
- a person fully absorbed
- etasyam
- in this
- samsara-atavyam
- the material world, which is like a great forest
- itah tatah
- here and there
- paridhavati
- runs around.
Sometimes the conditioned soul is absorbed in finding residential quarters or apartments and getting a supply of water and riches to maintain his body. Absorbed in acquiring a variety of necessities, he forgets everything and perpetually runs around the forest of material existence.