इह चेदशकद्बोद्धुं प्राक्षरीरस्य विस्रसः । ततः सर्गेषु लोकेषु शरीरत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ४॥

iha cedaśakadboddhuṃ prākṣarīrasya visrasaḥ । tataḥ sargeṣu lokeṣu śarīratvāya kalpate ॥ 4॥

cet = if; aśakat = one succeeds; boddhum = in knowing, realising; iha = here and now; prāk śarīrasya visrasaḥ = before the disintegration of the body. [if one does not succeed] tataḥ = then – because of that non-realisation; sarveṣu lokeṣu = in the manifested or projected worlds of existence; śarīratvāya = for embodiment; kalpate = one is considered suitable or fit.