गुणप्रवाह एतस्मिन् क: शाप: को न्वनुग्रह: । क: स्वर्गो नरक: को वा किं सुखं दु:खमेव वा ॥ २० ॥
guna-pravaha etasmin kah sapah ko nv anugrahah kah svargo narakah ko va kim sukham duhkham eva va
- guna-pravahe
- in the current of the modes of material nature
- etasmin
- this
- kah
- what
- sapah
- a curse
- kah
- what
- nu
- indeed
- anugrahah
- a favor
- kah
- what
- svargah
- elevation to heavenly planes
- narakah
- hell
- kah
- what
- va
- or
- kim
- what
- sukham
- happiness
- duhkham
- distress
- eva
- indeed
- va
- or.
This material world resembles the waves of a constantly flowing river. Therefore, what is a curse and what is a favor? What are the heavenly planes, and what are the hellish planes? What is actually happiness, and what is actually distress? Because the waves flow constantly, none of them has an eternal effect.