Text 73]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1463
TEXT 73
अर्थे ह्यविद्यमानेऽपि संसृतिर्न निवर्तते । 
    ध्यायतो विषयानस्य स्वप्नेऽनर्थागमो यथा ॥७३॥
arthe hy avidyamāne 'pi 
    saṁsṛtir na nivartate 
    dhyāyato viṣayān asya 
    svapne 'narthāgamo yathā
arthe —sense objects;  hi —certainly;  avidyamāne —not being present;  api —although;  saṁsṛtiḥ —material existence;  na —never;  nivartate —ceases;  dhyāyataḥ —meditating;  viṣayān —on sense objects;  asya —of the living being;  svapne —in dream;  anartha —of unwanted things;  āgamaḥ —appearance;  yathā —as.
TRANSLATION
When the living entity dreams, the sense objects are not actually present. However, because one has associated with the sense objects, they become manifest. Similarly, the living entity with undeveloped senses does not cease to exist materially, even though he may not be exactly in contact with the sense objects.
PURPORT
It is sometimes said that because a child is innocent he is completely pure. Actually this is not the fact. The effects of fruitive activities reserved in the subtle body appear in three concurrent stages. One is called  bīja  (the root), another is called  kūṭastha  (the desire), and another is called  prārabdha  (about to fructify). The manifest stage is called  prārabdha  (already in action). In a conscious or unconscious state, the actions of the subtle or gross bodies may not be manifest, but such states cannot be called the liberated state. A child may be innocent, but this does not mean that he is a liberated soul. Everything is held in reservation, and everything will become manifest in due course of time. Even in the absence of certain manifestations in the subtle body, the objects of sense enjoyment may act. The example has been given of a nocturnal emission in which the physical senses act even when the physical objects are not manifest. The three modes of material nature may not be manifest in the subtle body, but the contamination of the three modes remains conserved, and, in due course of time, it becomes manifest. Even if the reactions of the subtle and gross