देहेन देहिनो राजन् देहाद्देहोऽभिजायते । बीजादेव यथा बीजं देह्यर्थ इव शाश्वत: ॥ ७ ॥
dehena dehino rajan dehad deho ’bhijayate bijad eva yatha bijam dehy artha iva sasvatah
- dehena
- by the body
- dehinah
- of the father possessing a material body
- rajan
- O King
- dehat
- from the body (of the mother)
- dehah
- another body
- abhijayate
- takes birth
- bijat
- from one seed
- eva
- indeed
- yatha
- just as
- bijam
- another seed
- dehi
- a person who has accepted a material body
- arthah
- the material elements
- iva
- like
- sasvatah
- eternal.
As from one seed another seed is generated, O King, so from one body (the body of the father), through another body (the body of the mother), a third body is generated (the body of a son). As the elements of the material body are eternal, the living entity who appears through these material elements is also eternal.