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एतद्द्वारो हि संसारो गुणकर्मनिबन्धनः ।
अज्ञानमूलो ऽपार्थो ऽपि पुंसः स्वप्न इवार्प्यते ॥ २७ ॥
 
etad dvaro hi samsaro
guna-karma-nibandhanah
ajnana-mulo 'partho 'pi
pumsah svapna ivarpyate
etat-this; dvarah-whose door; hi-indeed; samsarah-material existence, in which one suffers threefold miseries; guna-karma-nibandhanah-captivation by the three modes of material nature; ajnana-mulah-whose root is ignorance; aparthah-without factual meaning; api-even; pumsah-of the living entity; svapnah-a dream; iva-like; arpyate-is placed.