इदं शरीरं पुरुषस्य मोहजं यथा पृथग्भौतिकमीयते गृहम् । यथौदकै: पार्थिवतैजसैर्जन: कालेन जातो विकृतो विनश्यति ॥ ४२ ॥
idam sariram purusasya mohajam yatha prthag bhautikam iyate grham yathaudakaih parthiva-taijasair janah kalena jato vikrto vinasyati
- idam
- this
- sariram
- body
- purusasya
- of the conditioned soul
- moha-jam
- born of ignorance
- yatha
- just as
- prthak
- separate
- bhautikam
- material
- iyate
- is seen
- grham
- a house
- yatha
- just as
- udakaih
- with water
- parthiva
- with earth
- taijasaih
- and with fire
- janah
- the conditioned soul
- kalena
- in due course of time
- jatah
- born
- vikrtah
- transformed
- vinasyati
- is vanquished.
Just as a householder, although different from the identity of his house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the conditioned soul, due to ignorance, accepts the body to be himself, although the body is actually different from the soul. This body is obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and fire, and when the earth, water and fire are transformed in the course of time, the body is vanquished. The soul has nothing to do with this creation and dissolution of the body.