अथ तत्र भवान् किं देवदत्तवदिह गुणविसर्गपतित: पारतन्त्र्येण स्वकृतकुशलाकुशलं फलमुपाददात्याहोस्विदात्माराम उपशमशील: समञ्जसदर्शन उदास्त इति ह वाव न विदाम: ॥ ३५ ॥
atha tatra bhavan kim devadattavad iha guna-visarga-patitah paratantryena sva-krta-kusalakusalam phalam upadadaty ahosvid atmarama upasama-silah samanjasa-darsana udasta iti ha vava na vidamah.
- atha
- therefore
- tatra
- in that
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
- kim
- whether
- deva-datta-vat
- like an ordinary human being, forced by the fruits of his activities
- iha
- in this material world
- guna-visarga-patitah
- fallen in a material body impelled by the modes of material nature
- paratantryena
- by dependence on the conditions of time, space, activity and nature
- sva-krta
- executed by oneself
- kusala
- auspicious
- akusalam
- inauspicious
- phalam
- results of action
- upadadati
- accepts
- ahosvit
- or
- atmaramah
- completely self-satisfied
- upasama-silah
- self-controlled in nature
- samanjasa-darsanah
- not deprived of full spiritual potencies
- udaste
- remains neutral as the witness
- iti
- thus
- ha vava
- certainly
- na vidamah
- we do not understand
These are our inquiries. The ordinary conditioned soul is subject to the material laws, and he thus receives the fruits of his actions. Does Your Lordship, like an ordinary human being, exist within this material world in a body produced by the material modes? Do You enjoy or suffer the good or bad results of actions under the influence of time, past work and so forth? Or, on the contrary, are You present here only as a neutral witness who is self-sufficient, free from all material desires, and always full of spiritual potency? We certainly cannot understand Your actual position.