नन्वेवमाहारादावप्यन्तरात्मनः कथं प्रवृत्तिः स्यादित्याह —
bhAvArtha : jene dehamAn Atmabuddhi chhe tene strI – putra – mitrAdirUp jagat ja vishvAsayogya ane ramya – sukhadAyak lAge chhe ane tethI te temanI sAthe vANI kAyano vyavahAr karavAno vikalpa kare chhe.
gnAnIne strI – putrAdi bAhya padArthomAn Atmabuddhi nathI, temAn tene vAstavik sukh bhAsatun nathI ane te vishvAsayogya tathA ramaNIy lAgatA nathI, tethI tene temanI sAthe vachan – vyavahAr ane sharIr – vyavahArano, abhiprAyamAn, tyAg varte chhe. AtmA ja tene vishvAs karavA yogya ane ramya jaNAy chhe ane temAn ja vAstavik sukh bhAse chhe. tethI te jagatanA padArthomAn sukh hovAno vishvAs kem kare? na ja kare.
agnAnI bAhya padArthonA sanyogamAn sukh mAnI teno vishvAs kare chhe, paN te sanyogo palaTatAn yA teno viyog thatAn tenA kalpelA sukhano ant Ave chhe. e rIte bAhya sanyogonA vishvAse te chhetarAy – ThagAy chhe. vAstavamAn anukUL ke pratikUL lAgatA sanyogomAn kyAy sukh nathI, chhatAn temAn sukh mAnI ThagAI jAy chhe.
gnAnIne potAno AtmA ja iShTa chhe – vahAlo chhe. tene jagat – jagatanA padArtho vahAlA – sukharUp lAgatA nathI. samakitI chakravartIne chha khanDanun rAjya ane hajAro rANIo vagereno sanyog hoy chhe, paN temAn tene sukh mATe svapney vishvAs nathI. tene to potAnA chaitanyAtmAno ja vishvAs chhe ane temAn ja sukh bhAse chhe. tene ‘jagat iShTa nahi AtmathI.’ 49.
evI rIte hoy to AhArAdimAn paN antarAtmAnI pravRutti kem thAy? te kahe chhe —
anvayArtha : antarAtmA (आत्मज्ञानात् परं) AtmagnAnathI bhinna (कार्यं) koI kAryane