एष आत्मविपर्यासो ह्यलिङ्गे लिङ्गभावना । एष प्रियाप्रियैर्योगो वियोग: कर्मसंसृति: ॥ २५ ॥ सम्भवश्च विनाशश्च शोकश्च विविध: स्मृत: । अविवेकश्च चिन्ता च विवेकास्मृतिरेव च ॥ २६ ॥
esa atma-viparyaso hy alinge linga-bhavana esa priyapriyair yogo viyogah karma-samsrtih sambhavas ca vinasas ca sokas ca vividhah smrtah avivekas ca cinta ca vivekasmrtir eva ca
- esah
- this
- atma-viparyasah
- bewilderment of the living being
- hi
- indeed
- alinge
- in that which does not possess a material body
- linga-bhavana
- accepting the material body to be the self
- esah
- this
- priya
- with those who are very dear
- apriyaih
- and with those who are not dear (enemies, those not in the family, etc.)
- yogah
- connection
- viyogah
- separation
- karma
- the fruits of action
- samsrtih
- the material condition of life
- sambhavah
- accepting birth
- ca
- and
- vinasah
- accepting death
- ca
- and
- sokah
- lamentation
- ca
- and
- vividhah
- varieties
- smrtah
- mentioned in scripture
- avivekah
- lack of discrimination
- ca
- and
- cinta
- anxiety
- ca
- also
- viveka
- of proper discrimination
- asmrtih
- forgetfulness
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also
In his bewildered state, the living entity, accepting the body and mind to be the self, considers some people to be his kinsmen and others to be outsiders. Because of this misconception, he suffers. Indeed, the accumulation of such concocted material ideas is the cause of suffering and so-called happiness in the material world. The conditioned soul thus situated must take birth in different species and work in various types of consciousness, thus creating new bodies. This continued material life is called samsara. Birth, death, lamentation, foolishness and anxiety are due to such material considerations. Thus we sometimes come to a proper understanding and sometimes fall again to a wrong conception of life.