82
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 16]
TRANSLATION
Because you died untimely, the balance of your lifetime still remains. Therefore you may rearter your body and enjoy the remainder of your life, surrounded by your friends and relatives. Accept the royal throne and all the opulences given by your father.
TEXT 4
जीव उवाच
कस्मिञ्जन्मन्यमी मह्यं पितरो मातरोऽभवन् । कर्मभिश्रम्यमाणस्य देवतिर्यङ्नृयोनिषु ॥ ४ ॥
jīva uvāca kasmīñ janmany amī mahyaṁ pitaro mātaro 'bhavan karmabhir bhrāmyamāṇasya deva-tiryaṅ-nṛ-yoniṣu
jīvaḥ uvāca —the living entity said;  kasmīn —in which;  janmani —birth;  amī —all those;  mahyaṁ —to me;  pitaraḥ —fathers;  mātaraḥ —mothers;  abhavan —were;  karmabhiḥ —by the results of fruitive action;  bhrāmyamāṇasya —who am wandering;  deva-tiryak —of the demigods and the lower animals;  nṛ —and of the human species;  yoniṣu —in the wombs.
TRANSLATION
By the mystic power of Nārada Muni, the living entity reartered his dead body for a short time and spoke in reply to Nārada Muni's request. He said: According to the results of my fruitive activities, I, the living being, transmigrate from one body to another, sometimes going to the species of the demigods, sometimes to the species of lower animals, sometimes among the vegetables, and sometimes to the human species. Therefore, in which birth were these my mother and father? No one is actually my mother and father. How can I accept these two people as my parents?