PRAKASHA KRIYA STHITI SHILAM BHUTENDRIYA ATMAKAM BHOGA APAVARGA ARTHAM DRISHYAM ||18||
प्रकाशक्रियास्थितिशीलं भूतेन्द्रियात्मकं भोगापवर्गार्थं दृश्यम् ॥१८॥
prakāśa-kriyā-sthiti-śīlaṁ bhūtendriya-ātmakaṁ bhoga-apavarga-arthaṁ dṛśyam ||18||
Objects and situations in the physical world can be characterized by purity (sattva), unrest (rajas), or inertia (tamas); they are physical or etheric and result in short term pleasure or long term redemption ||18||
prakāśa = illumination; purity; light; sattva
kriyā = action; activity; rajas
sthiti = stability; steadiness; tamas
śīla = characteristics
bhūta = five elements; physical
indriya = sense organ; organs of perception; sense; etheric
ātmakaṁ = such that
bhoga = pleasure; enjoyment
apavarga = liberation; fulfillment; redemption
arthaṁ = purpose; sense; goal
dṛśyam = that which is seen; perceptible; objects