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जीव उवाच
कस्मिञ्जन्मन्यमी मह्यं पितरो मातरो ऽभवन् ।
कर्मभिर्भ्राम्यमाणस्य देवतिर्यङ्नृयोनिषु ॥ ४ ॥
 
jiva uvaca
kasmin janmany ami mahyam
pitaro mataro 'bhavan
karmabhir bhramyamanasya
deva-tiryaṅ-nr-yonisu
jivah uvaca-the living entity said; kasmin-in which; janmani-birth; ami-all those; mahyam-to me; pitarah-fathers; matarah-mothers; abhavan-were; karmabhih-by the results of fruitive action; bhramyamanasya-who am wandering; deva-tiryak-of the demigods and the lower animals; nr-and of the human species; yonisu-in the wombs.