एवं गुणैर्भ्राम्यमाणे मनस्यविकल: पुमान् । याति तत्साम्यतां भद्रे ह्यलिङ्गो लिङ्गवानिव ॥ २४ ॥
evam gunair bhramyamane manasy avikalah puman yati tat-samyatam bhadre hy alingo lingavan iva
- evam
- in this way
- gunaih
- by the modes of material nature
- bhramyamane
- when shaken
- manasi
- the mind
- avikalah
- changeless
- puman
- the living entity
- yati
- approaches
- tat-samyatam
- the same condition of agitation as the mind
- bhadre
- O my gentle mother
- hi
- indeed
- alingah
- without a subtle or gross body
- linga-van
- possessing a material body
- iva
- as if.
In the same way, O my gentle mother, when the mind is agitated by the movements of the modes of material nature, the living entity, although freed from all the different phases of the subtle and gross bodies, thinks that he has changed from one condition to another.