प्रवृत्तिलक्षणश्चैव त्रैगुण्यविषयो मुने । योऽसावलीनप्रकृतेर्गुणसर्ग: पुन: पुन: ॥ २ ॥
pravrtti-laksanas caiva traigunya-visayo mune yo ’sav alina-prakrter guna-sargah punah punah
- pravrtti
- by inclination
- laksanah
- symptomized
- ca
- also
- eva
- indeed
- trai-gunya
- the three modes of nature
- visayah
- possessing as objectives
- mune
- O great sage
- yah
- which
- asau
- that
- alina-prakrteh
- of one who is not freed from the clutches of maya
- guna-sargah
- in which there is a creation of material bodies
- punah punah
- again and again.
O great sage Sukadeva Gosvami, unless the living entity is freed from the infection of the material modes of nature, he receives different types of bodies in which to enjoy or suffer, and according to the body, he is understood to have various inclinations. By following these inclinations he traverses the path called pravrtti-marga, by which one may be elevated to the heavenly planes, as you have already described (in the Third Canto).