vartante

तत्त्ववित्तु महाबाहो गुणकर्मविभागयोः

vartante — are engaged

One who knows the truth about the strands and their workings, mighty-armed one — knowing that it is the strands acting upon the strands — is not caught.

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्

vartante — moving

One who knows the truth thinks, “I do nothing at all” — while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing,

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि

vartante — let them be so engaged

speaking, letting go, taking hold, opening and closing the eyes — holding that it is the senses moving among their objects.

उदासीनवदासीनो गुणैर्यो न विचाल्यते

vartante — act

who sits as if indifferent, unmoved by the strands, thinking “the strands are working”, and does not stir;