यदा कदाचिज्जीवात्मा संसरन् निजकर्मभि: । नानायोनिष्वनीशोऽयं पौरुषीं गतिमाव्रजेत् ॥ २५ ॥
yada kadacij jivatma samsaran nija-karmabhih nana-yonisv aniso ’yam paurusim gatim avrajet
- yada
- when
- kadacit
- sometimes
- jiva-atma
- the living entity
- samsaran
- rotating in the cycle of birth and death
- nija-karmabhih
- because of his own fruitive activities
- nana-yonisu
- in different species of life
- anisah
- not independent (completely under the control of material nature)
- ayam
- this living entity
- paurusim gatim
- the situation of being human
- avrajet
- wants to obtain.
While rotating in the cycle of birth and death again and again in different species because of his own fruitive activities, the dependent living entity, by good fortune, may happen to become a human being. This human birth is very rarely obtained.