यावल्लिङ्गान्वितो ह्यात्मा तावत्कर्मनिबन्धनम् । ततो विपर्यय: क्लेशो मायायोगोऽनुवर्तते ॥ ४७ ॥
yaval linganvito hy atma tavat karma-nibandhanam tato viparyayah kleso maya-yogo ’nuvartate
- yavat
- as long as
- linga-anvitah
- covered by the subtle body
- hi
- indeed
- atma
- the soul
- tavat
- that long
- karma
- of fruitive activities
- nibandhanam
- bondage
- tatah
- from that
- viparyayah
- reversal (wrongly thinking the body to be the self)
- klesah
- misery
- maya-yogah
- a strong relationship with the external, illusory energy
- anuvartate
- follows.
As long as the spirit soul is covered by the subtle body, consisting of the mind, intelligence and false ego, he is bound to the results of his fruitive activities. Because of this covering, the spirit soul is connected with the material energy and must accordingly suffer material conditions and reversals, continually, life after life.