Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.17
యథా యథా విక్రియతే గుణాక్తో వికరోతి వా ।
తథా తథోపద్రష్టాత్మా తద్వృత్తీరనుకార్యతే ॥ ౧౭ ॥
yathā yathā vikriyate
[yathaa yathaa vikriyate]
guṇākto vikaroti vā
[gunaakto vikaroti vaa]
tathā tathopadraṣṭātmā
[tathaa tathopadrashtaatmaa]
tad-vṛttīr anukāryate
[tad-vritteer anukaaryate]
Word-for-word
yathā yathā
—
just as
vikriyate
—
is agitated
guṇa-aktaḥ
—
associated with the modes of nature
vikaroti
—
as it does
vā
—
or
tathā tathā
—
similarly
upadraṣṭā
—
observer
ātmā
—
the soul
tat
—
of the intelligence
vṛttīḥ
—
occupations
anukāryate
—
imitates.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yathā yathā vikriyate
yathā yathā
just as
vikriyate
is agitated
guṇākto vikaroti vā
guṇa-aktaḥ
associated with the modes of nature
vikaroti
as it does
vā
or
tathā tathopadraṣṭātmā
tathā tathā
similarly
upadraṣṭā
observer
ātmā
the soul
tat
of the intelligence
tad-vṛttīr anukāryate
vṛttīḥ
occupations
anukāryate
imitates.
Formerly it was explained that the Queen is one’s intelligence. While one is awake or asleep, that intelligence creates different situations. Being influenced by contaminated intelligence, the living entity envisions something and simply imitates the actions and reactions of his intelligence.
Purport
The queen of Puraṣjana is described herein as intelligence itself. Intelligence acts both in the dream state and in the waking state, but it is contaminated by the three modes of material nature. Since the intelligence is contaminated, the living entity is also contaminated. In the conditioned state, the living entity acts according to his contaminated intelligence. Although he simply remains an observer, he nonetheless acts, being forced by a contaminated intelligence, which in reality is a passive agent.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Whatever changes the intelligence undergoes during sleep or however it transforms the senses during waking state, the jīva, contaminated by the qualities of the intelligence, imitates the intelligence’s actions.
This verse explains the description starting in SB 4.25.56. Whatever the Queen did the King followed. However the intelligence changes during a dream and whatever senses it transforms in the waking state, the ātmā contaminated by the qualities of that intelligence imitates its functions such as seeing or touching. The ātmā is simply a witness, and acts by force of the intelligence. The intelligence is the cause the jīva acting.
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