भूतानि तैस्तैर्निजयोनिकर्मभि- र्भवन्ति काले न भवन्ति सर्वश: । न तत्र हात्मा प्रकृतावपि स्थित- स्तस्या गुणैरन्यतमो हि बध्यते ॥ ४१ ॥
bhutani tais tair nija-yoni-karmabhir bhavanti kale na bhavanti sarvasah na tatra hatma prakrtav api sthitas tasya gunair anyatamo hi badhyate
- bhutani
- all the bodies of the living entities
- taih taih
- their own respective
- nija-yoni
- causing their own bodies
- karmabhih
- by past activities
- bhavanti
- appear
- kale
- in due course of time
- na bhavanti
- disappear
- sarvasah
- in all respects
- na
- not
- tatra
- there
- ha
- indeed
- atma
- the soul
- prakrtau
- within this material world
- api
- although
- sthitah
- situated
- tasyah
- of her (the material energy)
- gunaih
- by different modes
- anya-tamah
- most different
- hi
- indeed
- badhyate
- is bound
Every conditioned soul receives a different type of body according to his work, and when the engagement is finished the body is finished. Although the spirit soul is situated in subtle and gross material bodies in different forms of life, he is not bound by them, for he is always understood to be completely different from the manifested body.