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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 29]
TEXT 60
नारद उवाच
येनैवारभते कर्म तेनैवामुत्र तत्पुमान् । 
  भुङ्क्ते ह्यव्यवधानेन लिङ्गेन मनसा स्वयम् ॥६०॥
nārada uvāca 
  yenaivārabhate karma 
  tenaivāmutra tat pumān 
  bhuṅkte hy avyavadhānena 
  liṅgena manasā svayam
nāradaḥ uvāca —Nārada said;  yena —by which;  eva —certainly;  ārabhate —begins;  karma —fruitive activities;  tena —by that body;  eva —certainly;  amutra —in the next life;  tat —that;  pumān —the living entity;  bhuṅkte —enjoys;  hi —because;  avyavadhānena —without any change;  liṅgena —by the subtle body;  manasā —by the mind;  svayam —personally.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Nārada continued: The living entity acts in a gross body in this life. This body is forced to act by the subtle body, composed of mind, intelligence and ego. After the gross body is lost, the subtle body is still there to enjoy or suffer. Thus there is no change.
PURPORT
The living entity has two kinds of body—the subtle body and the gross body. Actually he enjoys through the subtle body, which is composed of mind, intelligence and ego. The gross body is the instrumental outer covering. When the gross body is lost, or when it dies, the root of the gross body—the mind, intelligence and ego—continue and bring about another gross body. Although the gross bodies apparently change, the real root of the gross body—the subtle body of mind, intelligence and ego—is always there. The subtle body's activities—be they pious or impious—create another situation for the living entity to enjoy or suffer in the next gross body. Thus the subtle body continues whereas the gross bodies change one after another.
Since modern scientists and philosophers are too materialistic, and since their knowledge is taken away by the illusory energy, they cannot explain