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Purāṇjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
1347
TEXT 52
ब्राह्मण उवाच
कात्वं कस्यासि को वायं शयानो यस्य शोचसि। जानासि किं सखायं मां येनाग्रे विचचर्थ ह ॥५२॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca kā tvaṁ kasyāsi ko vāyaṁ śayāno yasya śocasi jānāsi kiṁ sakhāyaṁ māṁ yenāgre vicacartha ha
brāhmaṇaḥ uvāca—the learned brāhmaṇa said; kā—who; tvaṁ—you; kasya—whose; asi—are you; kaḥ—who; vā—or; ayaṁ—this man; śayānaḥ—lying down; yasya—for whom; śocasi—you are lamenting; jānāsi kiṁ—do you know; sakhāyaṁ—friend; māṁ—Me; yena—with whom; agre—formerly; vicacartha—you consulted; ha—certainly.
TRANSLATION
The brāhmaṇa inquired as follows: Who are you? Whose wife or daughter are you? Who is the man lying here? It appears you are lamenting for this dead body. Don't you recognize Me? I am your eternal friend. You may remember that many times in the past you have consulted Me.
PURPORT
When a person's relative dies, renunciation is automatically visible. Consultation with the Supersoul seated within everyone's heart is possible only when one is completely free from the contamination of material attachment. One who is sincere and pure gets an opportunity to consult with the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramātmā feature sitting within everyone's heart. The Paramātmā is always the  caitya-guru , the spiritual master within, and He comes before one externally as the instructor and initiator spiritual master. The Lord can reside within the heart, and He can also come out before a person and give him instructions. Thus the spiritual master is not different from the Supersoul sitting within the heart. An uncontaminated soul or living entity can get a chance to meet the Paramātmā face to face. Just as one gets a chance to consult with the Paramātmā within his heart, he also gets a chance to see Him actually situated before him.