Text 63]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1449
posed of mind, intelligence and ego. Thus he would get another chance by the grace of the Supreme Lord, the Supersoul, who is always within the heart.
sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣto mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyo vedānta-kṛd veda-vid eva cāham
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the  Vedas , I am to be known; indeed I am the compiler of  Vedānta , and I am the knower of the  Vedas .” (Bg. 15.15)
In the next birth, one acquires remembrance from the Supersoul and begins to execute the plans begun in the previous life. This is also explained in  Bhagavad-gītā  in another verse:
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānām hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣthati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā
“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” (Bg. 18.61)
Situated on the vehicle given by material nature and reminded by the Supersoul within the heart, the living entity struggles all over the universe to fulfill his plans, thinking, “I am a  brāhmaṇa , I am a  kṣatriya . I am an American, I am an Indian,” and so on. All these designations are of the same essence. There is no point in becoming a  brāhmaṇa  in preference to an American or becoming an American in preference to a Negro. After all, these are all bodily conceptions under the modes of material nature.
TEXT 63
यथानुमीयते चित्तमुभयैरिन्द्रियेहितैः । एवं प्राग्देहजं कर्म लक्ष्यते चित्तवृत्तिभिः ॥६३॥
yathānumīyate cittam ubhayair indriyehitaiḥ evam prāg-dehajam karma lakṣyate citta-vṛttibhiḥ