Shloka 33
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
एवमेतां विकुर्वाण: सर्गप्रलयधर्मिणीम्
evam etāṃ vikurvāṇaḥ sarga-pralaya-dharmiṇīm, trigunamayīṃ prakṛtiṃ vikṛtya, trīṇāṃ guṇānāṃ svāmī ātmā karma-mārge ’nuraktaḥ pravṛttaś ca san, tayā prakṛtyā bhavamānaṃ pratyekaṃ triguṇātmakaṃ kāryaṃ svakam iva manyate.
于是，他改造那以生起与坏灭为本性的原质（Prakṛti）；真我虽为三德（guṇa）之主，却仍恋著于行动之道而投身其中，并借由那原质，将一切由三德所成之效应都认作“我之所有”。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even though the Self is, in essence, sovereign over the three guṇas, when it becomes attached to action and identifies through Prakṛti, it mistakenly claims guṇa-born effects as ‘mine.’ This misidentification is a key mechanism of bondage; freedom lies in discerning Self from Prakṛti and loosening possessiveness.
Vasiṣṭha is explaining a philosophical account of how embodied experience arises: Prakṛti, characterized by cycles of creation and dissolution, produces guṇa-made effects; the Self, turning toward the path of action, becomes involved and adopts a sense of ownership over those effects.