जन्माद्या: षडिमे भावा दृष्टा देहस्य नात्मन: । फलानामिव वृक्षस्य कालेनेश्वरमूर्तिना ॥ १८ ॥
janmadyah sad ime bhava drsta dehasya natmanah phalanam iva vrksasya kalenesvara-murtina
- janma-adyah
- beginning with birth
- sat
- the six (birth, existence, growth, transformation, dwindling and at last death)
- ime
- all these
- bhavah
- different conditions of the body
- drstah
- seen
- dehasya
- of the body
- na
- not
- atmanah
- of the soul
- phalanam
- of the fruits
- iva
- like
- vrksasya
- of a tree
- kalena
- in due course of time
- isvara-murtina
- whose form is the ability to transform or control the bodily activities
Just as the fruits and flowers of a tree in due course of time undergo six changes—birth, existence, growth, transformation, dwindling and then death—the material body, which is obtained by the spirit soul under different circumstances, undergoes similar changes. However, there are no such changes for the spirit soul.