प्रकृतेर्गुणसम्मूढाः सज्जन्ते गुणकर्मसु ।तानकृत्स्नविदो मन्दान्कृत्स्नविन्न विचालयेत् ॥ ३-२९॥

prakṛterguṇasammūḍhāḥ sajjante guṇakarmasu ।tānakṛtsnavido mandānkṛtsnavinna vicālayet ॥ 3-29॥

प्रकृते = prakrtes (f. gen. sg.), of material nature, of nature.; 

गुणा = guna (m.), gUl,la.; 

सम्मूढाः = sammudhas (m. nom. pl.), the deluded, those who are deluded. (guna-sammudhas, m. nom. pI. TP cpd., those who are deluded by the guna.); 

सज्जन्ते = sajjante (3rd pI. pr. indic. mid. :)safij), they are attached.; 

गुणकर्मसु = gunakarmasu (n. loco pl.), in guna actions.; 

तान = tan (m. acc. pl.), them.; 

अकृत्स्नविदो = akrtsnavidas (m. acc. pl.), incomplete know-ing, not knowing the whole, not knowing the entirety.; 

मन्दान = mandan (m. acc. pl.), foolish, fools, dullards.; 

कृत्स्नविन्न = krtsnavid (m. nom. sg.), the complete knower, the knower of the whole.; 

न = na, not.; 

विचालयेत् = vicalayet (3rd sg. causative act. opt. vi.j cal), he should cause to waver.