तृष्णया भववाहिन्या योग्यै: कामैरपूर्यया । कर्माणि कार्यमाणोऽहं नानायोनिषु योजित: ॥ २४ ॥
trsnaya bhava-vahinya yogyaih kamair apuryaya karmani karyamano ’ham nana-yonisu yojitah
- trsnaya
- because of material desires
- bhava-vahinya
- under the sway of the material laws of nature
- yogyaih
- as it is befitting
- kamaih
- by material desires
- apuryaya
- without end, one after another
- karmani
- activities
- karyamanah
- constantly being compelled to perform
- aham
- I
- nana-yonisu
- in various forms of life
- yojitah
- engaged in the struggle for existence.
Because of insatiable material desires, I was being carried away by the waves of material nature’s laws, and thus I was engaging in different activities, struggling for existence in various forms of life.