Enumeration of the Elements of Material Creation
एता मनोरथमयीर्हान्यस्योच्चावचास्तनू: । गुणसङ्गादुपादत्ते क्वचित् कश्चिज्जहाति च ॥ ४८ ॥
Transliteration
etā manoratha-mayīr hānyasyoccāvacās tanūḥ guṇa-saṅgād upādatte kvacit kaścij jahāti ca
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
etāḥ — these; manaḥ-rathaḥ-mayīḥ — achieved by meditation of the mind; ha — certainly; anyasya — of the body (who is separate from the self); ucca — greater; avacāḥ — and lesser; tanūḥ — bodily conditions; guṇa-saṅgāt — because of associating with the modes of nature; upādatte — he accepts; kvacit — sometimes; kaścit — someone; jahāti — gives up; ca — and.
Translation
“Although the material body is different from the self, because of the ignorance due to material association one falsely identifies oneself with the superior and inferior bodily conditions. Sometimes a fortunate person is able to give up such mental concoction.”