Sanskrit Verse
Purushah prakriti-stho hi bhunkte prakriti-jan gunan, karanam guna-sango 'sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
Translation & Meaning
The Purusha, situated in Prakriti, enjoys the qualities born of Prakriti. Attachment to these qualities is the cause of its birth in good and evil wombs. Identification with the gunas drives the soul into repeated births according to its attachments.
Key Teachings
- •The soul's entanglement in matter arises from attachment to gunas
- •Identification with material qualities causes repeated birth
- •Liberation requires disidentification from the field
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