पश्चाद् द्वित्वविभक्तानां स्वशक्तीनां प्रकल्पितः । अनेनेत्थं हि भवतीत्येवं तेन क्रियाक्रमः ॥ ३१ ॥
paścād dvitvavibhaktānāṁ svaśaktīnāṁ prakalpitaḥ | anēnētthaṁ hi bhavatītyēvaṁ tēna kriyākramaḥ || 31 ||
Translation
and afterwards, for its own powers divided by twoness, the order of action was made by it: "by this, this comes about thus".
Word by word
- paścād
- (paścāt) afterwards
- dvitva
- by twoness
- vibhaktānāṁ
- divided
- sva
- its own
- śaktīnāṁ
- for powers
- prakalpitaḥ
- was made
- anēna
- by this
- itthaṁ
- thus
- hi
- indeed
- bhavati
- comes about
- iti
- so
- ēvaṁ
- this
- tēna
- by it
- kriyā
- of action
- kramaḥ
- the order
Meaning
Continuing the commentary on verses 29 to 31: having divided into individuals, the great jīva laid down for its partial jīvas the order of action: a pot comes from turning the wheel with a stick, not from resolve alone. Another commentary: for its parts, the individual jīvas, it set the rule that a thing comes about by such and such an act. This is niyati, the fixed order of causes, made by the whole, binding on the parts.