Text 25] Nārada and Aṅgirā Instruct King Citraketu
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'vastu-bhūtāś ca sarve manobhavāḥ mano-vāsanā janyatvān manobhavāḥ. At night one dreams of tigers and snakes, and while dreaming he actually sees them, but as soon as the dream is broken they no longer exist. Similarly, the material world is a creation of our mental concoctions. We have come to this material world to enjoy material resources, and by mental concoction we discover many, many objects of enjoyment because our minds are absorbed in material things. This is why we receive various bodies. According to our mental concoctions we work in various ways, desiring various achievements, and by nature and the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa ) we get the advantages we desire. Thus we become more and more involved with material concoctions. This is the reason for our suffering in the material world. By one kind of activity we create another, and they are all products of our mental concoctions.
TEXT 25
अयं हि देहिनो देहो द्रव्यज्ञानक्रियात्मकः । देहिनो विविधक्लेशसन्तापकृदुदाहृतः ॥२५॥
ayam hi dehino deho dravya-jñāna-kriyātmakaḥ dehino vividha-kleśa- santāpa-kṛd udāhṛtaḥ
ayam—this; hi—certainly; dehinaḥ—of the living entity; dehaḥ—body; dravya-jñāna-kriyā-ātmakaḥ—consisting of the material elements, the senses for acquiring knowledge, and the acting senses; dehinaḥ—of the living entity; vividha—various; kleśa—sufferings; santāpa—and of pains; kṛt—the cause; udāhṛtaḥ—is declared.
TRANSLATION
The living entity in the bodily conception of life is absorbed in the body, which is a combination of the physical elements, the five senses for gathering knowledge, and the five senses of action, along with the mind. Through the mind the living entity suffers