पराभवस्तावदबोधजातो यावन्न जिज्ञासत आत्मतत्त्वम् । यावत्क्रियास्तावदिदं मनो वै कर्मात्मकं येन शरीरबन्ध: ॥ ५ ॥
parabhavas tavad abodha-jato yavan na jijnasata atma-tattvam yavat kriyas tavad idam mano vai karmatmakam yena sarira-bandhah
- parabhavah
- defeat, misery
- tavat
- so long
- abodha-jatah
- produced from ignorance
- yavat
- as long as
- na
- not
- jijnasate
- inquires about
- atma-tattvam
- the truth of the self
- yavat
- as long as
- kriyah
- fruitive activities
- tavat
- so long
- idam
- this
- manah
- mind
- vai
- indeed
- karma-atmakam
- absorbed in material activities
- yena
- by which
- sarira-bandhah
- bondage in this material body.
As long as one does not inquire about the spiritual values of life, one is defeated and subjected to miseries arising from ignorance. Be it sinful or pious, karma has its resultant actions. If a person is engaged in any kind of karma, his mind is called karmatmaka, colored with fruitive activity. As long as the mind is impure, consciousness is unclear, and as long as one is absorbed in fruitive activity, he has to accept a material body.