एते प्रदीपकल्पाः परस्परविलक्षणा गुणविशेषाः ।
कृत्स्नं पुरुषस्यार्थं प्रकाश्य बुद्धौ प्रयच्छन्ति ॥ ३६ ॥

ete pradīpakalpāḥ parasparavilakṣaṇāḥ=characteristically different from one another; guṇaviśeṣāḥ kṛtsnaṁ puruṣasyārthaṁ prakāśya buddhau prayacchanti ॥ 36 ॥

Ete=these; pradīpa=lamp; kalpāḥ=similar to; parasparavilakṣaṇā guṇaviśeṣāḥ=different modifications of the gunas; kṛtsnaṁ=all; puruṣasyārthaṁ=for the sake of purusha; prakāśya =having illuminated; buddhau=in the buddhi; prayacchanti=presents

These (the external organs, together with manas and ahaṁkāra), characteristically different from one another and being different modifications of the three gunas, resemble a lamp in action; thus, having first illuminated the purpose of Purusha, present it in its entirety to buddhi (intellect).

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