आत्मानं चेद्विजानीयात्परं ज्ञानधुताशय: । किमिच्छन्कस्य वा हेतोर्देहं पुष्णाति लम्पट: ॥ ४० ॥
atmanam ced vijaniyat param jnana-dhutasayah kim icchan kasya va hetor deham pusnati lampatah
- atmanam
- the soul and the Supersoul
- cet
- if
- vijaniyat
- can understand
- param
- who are transcendental, beyond this material world
- jnana
- by knowledge
- dhuta-asayah
- one who has cleansed his consciousness
- kim
- what
- icchan
- desiring material comforts
- kasya
- for whom
- va
- or
- hetoh
- for what reason
- deham
- the material body
- pusnati
- he maintains
- lampatah
- being unlawfully addicted to sense gratification.
The human form of body is meant for understanding the self and the Supreme Self, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, both of whom are transcendentally situated. If both of them can be understood when one is purified by advanced knowledge, for what reason and for whom does a foolish, greedy person maintain the body for sense gratification?