Shloka 5
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
डन्ड्धमेति च निर्दन्द्धस्तासु तास्विह योनिषु । शीर्षरोगेडक्षिरोगे च दन््तशूले गलग्रहे
daṇḍham eti ca nirdaṇḍhas tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu | śīrṣa-roge 'kṣi-roge ca danta-śūle gala-grahe ||
瓦西什塔说道：尽管真我在真实中不受系缚、不为对待（乐与苦等）所触染，它仍会在此世间一胎复一胎地取受身形，于是便经历快乐与痛苦。因此，有时受头痛之苦，有时患眼疾，有时牙痛难忍，有时又遭咽喉之患——这表明：一旦有身，肉身的苦恼便难以避免，纵然真我本性自在。
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the contrast between the Self’s intrinsic freedom (unbound by dualities) and the unavoidable pains that arise when consciousness is associated with a body through repeated births; it encourages dispassion and insight into the nature of embodied suffering.
Vasiṣṭha is explaining how, despite being essentially untouched, the individual in embodied existence passes through many births and experiences concrete bodily ailments—head, eye, tooth, and throat disorders—as examples of the pains that accompany worldly embodiment.