Chapter 13
आगमोऽप: प्रजा देश: काल: कर्म च जन्म च । ध्यानं मन्त्रोऽथ संस्कारो दशैते गुणहेतव: ॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration
āgamo ’paḥ prajā deśaḥ kālaḥ karma ca janma ca dhyānaṁ mantro ’tha saṁskāro daśaite guṇa-hetavaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
āgamaḥ — religious scriptures; apaḥ — water; prajāḥ — association with people in general or one’s children; deśaḥ — place; kālaḥ — time; karma — activities; ca — also; janma — birth; ca — also; dhyānam — meditation; mantraḥ — chanting of mantras; atha — and; saṁskāraḥ — rituals for purification; daśa — ten; ete — these; guṇa — of the modes of nature; hetavaḥ — causes.
Translation
“According to the quality of religious scriptures, water, one’s association with one’s children or with people in general, the particular place, the time, activities, birth, meditation, chanting of mantras, and purificatory rituals, the modes of nature become differently prominent.”