यथेह देवप्रवरास्त्रैविध्यमुपलभ्यते । भूतेषु गुणवैचित्र्यात्तथान्यत्रानुमीयते ॥ ४६ ॥
yatheha deva-pravaras trai-vidhyam upalabhyate bhutesu guna-vaicitryat tathanyatranumiyate
- yatha
- just as
- iha
- in this life
- deva-pravarah
- O best of the demigods
- trai-vidhyam
- three kinds of attributes
- upalabhyate
- are achieved
- bhutesu
- among all living entities
- guna-vaicitryat
- because of the diversity of the contamination by the three modes of nature
- tatha
- similarly
- anyatra
- in other places
- anumiyate
- it is inferred.
O best of the demigods, we can see three different varieties of life, which are due to the contamination of the three modes of nature. The living entities are thus known as peaceful, restless and foolish; as happy, unhappy or in-between; or as religious, irreligious and semireligious. We can deduce that in the next life these three kinds of material nature will similarly act.