puruṣaṁ prakṛtir brahman
devahūtir uvāca
puruṣaṁ prakṛtir brahman
na vimuñcati karhicit
anyonyāpāśrayatvāc ca
nityatvād anayoḥ prabho
Devahūti said: O brāhmaṇa! O master! Prakṛti never gives up the Lord, because of eternal attraction between them.
“Liberation is rare by jñāna, vairāgya and even by bhakti.” The reason is given here. The Lord, possessing śakti, entrusts to prakṛti his śakti for the purpose of the pastime of creating the material world. Prakṛti takes shelter of the Lord because he possesses the śakti. In this way they have a mutual relationship. “Of the two prakṛti is temporary, so they can separate.” No, the relationship is eternal.
|| 3.27.18 ||
yathā gandhasya bhūmeś ca
na bhāvo vyatirekataḥ
apāṁ rasasya ca yathā
tathā buddheḥ parasya ca
Just as fragrance cannot exist separate from earth, and taste cannot exist separate from water, the Lord does not exist separate from prakṛti.
With separation from earth, there is no existence of fragrance. Because of seeing sometimes decay which leaves odor without earth, another example is given using water. Similarly the Lord cannot be separated from prakṛti (buddheḥ).
|| 3.27.19 ||
akartuḥ karma-bandho 'yaṁ
puruṣasya yad-āśrayaḥ
guṇeṣu satsu prakṛteḥ
kaivalyaṁ teṣv ataḥ katham
The jīva, though not a doer, becomes bound up by action. Since the guṇas of prakṛti remain with the jīva who takes shelter of the guṇas, how can he attain liberation?
If this is so for the Lord, what to speak of the jīva! How can there be liberation for the jīva, who takes shelter of the guṇas (yat-āśrayaḥ), since the guṇas of prakṛti remain with him?
|| 3.27.20 ||
kvacit tattvāvamarśena
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