CHAPTER NINE

Answers by Citing
the Lords Version

TEXT 1

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WA WH KeSAaTeTA: |
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Sri Suka uvaca
atma-mayam rte rajan
paras yanubhavatmanah
na ghatetartha-sambandhah
svapna-drastur ivainjasa

Sri Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; atma—the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead; mayam—energy; rte—without; rajan—O King; parasya—
of the pure soul; anubhava-atmanah—of the purely conscious; na—never;
ghateta—it can so happen; artha— meaning; sambandhah—relation with the
material body; svapna—dream; drastuh—of the seer; iva—like it; afjasa—
completely.

TRANSLATION

Sti Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, unless one is influenced by the
energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no meaning to the
relationship of the pure soul in pure consciousness with the material body.
It is just like the dreamer seeing his own body working.

PURPORT

The question of Maharaja Pariksit is perfectly answered as to how a
living entity began his material life, although he is apart from the material
body and mind. The spirit soul is distinct from the material conception of
his life, but he is absorbed in such a material conception because of being
influenced by the external energy of the Lord, called alma-mayé. This is
already explained in the First Canto in connection with Vyasadeva’s

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