Verse 12

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In plain words

This body is made of the five gross elements, compounded together. It is a vessel bound up with past action, the place where every pleasure and pain that stirs us is lived through. Understand the body so.

Word for word

Understand this body as the product of the five gross compounded elements, a vessel associated with accumulated action, and the place for undergoing the disturbing experiences of pleasure and pain.