The Purusha seated in Prakriti experiences the gunas, and attachment to the gunas causes birth in good and evil wombs. Shankara explains that the Purusha's seeming experience is due to identification with Prakriti through ignorance. Ramanuja teaches that the soul genuinely experiences pleasure and pain through its God-given connection with matter. The Bhakti tradition sees this as explaining why devotion is necessary — only turning to God can break the soul's attachment to the gunas. Madhva explains that the soul genuinely enjoys and suffers through its association with Prakriti, and birth in different conditions is overseen by God's justice. Abhinavagupta teaches that the Purusha 'seated in Prakriti' is consciousness voluntarily limiting itself — liberation comes when it recognizes it was never truly bound. Vallabha explains that entanglement with the gunas is real but not essential to the soul — God's grace can free it. Tilak warns that attachment to results, not action itself, is what binds the karma yogi. Vivekananda uses this to explain that birth circumstances result from the soul's own attachments — restoring personal responsibility and eliminating fatalism.