भवप्रत्ययो विदेहप्रकृतिलयानाम् ॥
bhavapratyayo videhaprakṛtilayānām ||
For the bodiless and those merged in prakṛti, [it] arises from [their mode of] existence.
विदेहों और प्रकृतिलयों के लिए (यह अवस्था) भव-प्रत्यय (जन्म या अस्तित्व के कारण) होती है।
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
This is a technical note about certain beings in the text's cosmology, not practical guidance; its point is that for ordinary people the path is the one in the next sūtra.
यह ग्रंथ के सृष्टि-दर्शन में कुछ विशेष प्राणियों के बारे में एक तकनीकी बात है, व्यावहारिक सलाह नहीं; इसका भाव यह है कि साधारण लोगों का मार्ग अगले सूत्र में है।
A classification: for certain beings (the bodiless and those merged in nature), such absorption arises from their state of being rather than from practice. Commentators differ on exactly who these are.