sarve -- all; guna-mayah -- composed of the modes of nature; bhavah -- states of existence; purusha -- by the enjoying soul; avyakta -- and subtle nature; dhishthitah -- established and maintained; drishtam -- seen; srutam -- heard; anudhyatam -- conceived; buddhya -- by the intelligence; va -- or; purusha-rishabha -- O best among men.

O best of human beings, all states of material being are related to the interaction of the enjoying soul and material nature. Whether seen, heard of or only conceived within the mind, they are without exception constituted of the modes of nature.