औत्सुक्यनिवृत्त्यर्थं यथा क्रियासु प्रवर्तते लोकः ।
पुरुषस्य विमोक्षार्थं प्रवर्तते तद्वदव्यक्तम् ॥ ५८ ॥
autsukyanivṛttyarthaṁ yathā kriyāsu pravartate lokaḥ ।
puruṣasya vimokṣārthaṁ pravartate tadvadavyaktam ॥ 58 ॥
Autsukya=desires; nivṛtti=fulfillment; arthaṁ=for the purpose of; yathā=just as; kriyāsu=in action; pravartate=are engaged in; lokaḥ=people; puruṣasya=of Purusha; vimokṣa=liberation; arthaṁ=for the purpose of; pravartate=engaged in; tadvat=in the same manner; avyaktam=unmanifest (Mūla Prakriti)
Just as people engage in action to fulfill their desires, so also the unmanifest (Prakriti) engages in action to liberate the Purusha.
This karika offers a simple analogy between common folk and Prakriti. Everyone has desires and they need to act to fulfill their desires. Once the desire is fulfilled, the action is no more necessary. In a similar manner, prakriti is engaged in action to fulfill its desire to offer liberation for the purusha. Once liberation is achieved, it ceases to act.
Gaudapada lays emphasis on the fact that when their desire is fulfilled, people desist from the activity that helped them fulfill their desire. Similarly, Prakriti, which is engaged in fulfilling the desire to liberate the Purusha, ceases from its activity once its two-fold purpose of providing experience (bhoga) and liberation (apavarga) for the Purusha is achieved.
Mishra offers no other thoughts besides paraphrasing the karika in slightly different words.
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