पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् |\nकारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ||१३-२२||
puruṣaḥ prakṛtistho hi bhuṅkte prakṛtijānguṇān .\nkāraṇaṃ guṇasaṅgo.asya sadasadyonijanmasu ||13-22||
When the puruṣh (individual soul) seated in prakṛiti (the material energy) desires to enjoy the three guṇas, attachment to them becomes the cause of its birth in superior and inferior wombs.