भूतानामिह संवास: प्रपायामिव सुव्रते । दैवेनैकत्र नीतानामुन्नीतानां स्वकर्मभि: ॥ २१ ॥
bhutanam iha samvasah prapayam iva suvrate daivenaikatra nitanam unnitanam sva-karmabhih
- bhutanam
- of all living entities
- iha
- in this material world
- samvasah
- the living together
- prapayam
- in a place for drinking cold water
- iva
- like
- su-vrate
- O my gentle mother
- daivena
- by the superior arrangement
- ekatra
- in one place
- nitanam
- of those brought
- unnitanam
- of those led apart
- sva-karmabhih
- by their own reactions.
My dear mother, in a restaurant or place for drinking cold water, many travelers are brought together, and after drinking water they continue to their respective destinations. Similarly, living entities join together in a family, and later, as a result of their own actions, they are led apart to their destinations.