Text 3] Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu
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him? You may say that you are now related as father and son, but do you think this relationship existed before? Does it truly exist now? Will it continue in the future?
PURPORT
The instructions given by Nārada and Aṅgirā Muni are the true spiritual instructions for the illusioned conditioned soul. This world is temporary, but because of our previous  karma  we come here and accept bodies, creating temporary relationships in terms of society, friendship, love, nationality and community, which are all finished at death. These temporary relationships did not exist in the past, nor will they exist in the future. Therefore at the present moment the so-called relationships are illusions.
TEXT 3
यथा प्रयान्ति संयान्ति स्रोतोवेगेन बालुकाः । संयुज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तथा कालेन देहिनः ॥ ३ ॥
yathā prayānti saṁyānti sroto-vegena bālukāḥ saṁyujyante viyujyante tathā kālena dehinaḥ
yathā—just as; prayānti—move apart; saṁyānti—come together; srotaḥ-vegena—by the force of waves; bālukāḥ—the small particles of sand; saṁyujyante—they are united; viyujyante—they are separated; tathā—similarly; kālena—by time; dehinaḥ—the living entities who have accepted material bodies.
TRANSLATION
O King, as small particles of sand sometimes come together and are sometimes separated due to the force of the waves, the living entities who have accepted material bodies sometimes come together and are sometimes separated by the force of time.