एभिस्त्रिवर्णै: पर्यस्तैर्बुद्धिभेदै: क्रियोद्भवै: । स्वरूपमात्मनो बुध्येद् गन्धैर्वायुमिवान्वयात् ॥ २६ ॥
ebhis tri-varnaih paryastair buddhi-bhedaih kriyodbhavaih svarupam atmano budhyed gandhair vayum ivanvayat
- ebhih
- by these
- tri-varnaih
- composed of the three modes of nature
- paryastaih
- completely rejected (due to not touching the living force)
- buddhi
- of intelligence
- bhedaih
- the differentiations
- kriya-udbhavaih
- produced from different activities
- svarupam
- the constitutional position
- atmanah
- of the self
- budhyet
- one should understand
- gandhaih
- by the aromas
- vayum
- the air
- iva
- exactly like
- anvayat
- from close connection
As one can understand the presence of the air by the aromas it carries, so, under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one can understand the living soul by these three divisions of intelligence. These three divisions, however, are not the soul; they are constituted of the three modes and are born of activities.