पूर्वोत्पन्नमसक्तं नियतं महदादिसूक्ष्मपर्यन्तम् ।
संसरति निरुपभोगं भावैरधिवासितं लिङ्गम् ॥ ४० ॥

pūrvotpannamasaktaṁ niyataṁ mahadādisūkṣmaparyantam ।
saṁsarati nirupabhogaṁ bhāvairadhivāsitaṁ liṅgam ॥ 40 ॥

Pūrvotpannam=primordial; asaktaṁ=unconfined; niyataṁ=constant; mahat=buddhi (intellect); ādi=etc.; sūkṣma=subtle; paryantam=up to; saṁsarati=transmigrates; nirupabhogaṁ=incapable of experience; bhāvaiḥ=dispositions; adhivāsitaṁ=endowed with; liṅgam=subtle body

The subtle body, produced primordially, unconfined, eternal, composed of the elements beginning with Mahat (intellect) and ending with the subtle ‘tanmātras’, transmigrates, free from experience and endowed with dispositions (bhavas).

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