CHAPTER THIRTY- ONE

Lord Kapilas Instructions on the
Movements of the Living Entities

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Sri bhagavan uvaca
karmand daiva-netrena

Jantur dehopapattaye
striyah pravista udaram

pumso retah-kandsrayah

Sri bhagavan uvdca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; karmana—
by the result of work; daiva-netrena—under the supervision of the Lord;
jantup—the living entity; deha—a body; upapattaye—for obtaining; striyah—
of a woman; pravistah—enters; udaram—the womb; pumsah—of a man;
retah—of semina; kana—a particle; asrayah—dwelling in.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead said: Under the supervision of the Supreme
Lord and according to the result of his work, the living entity, the soul,
is made to enter into the womb of a woman through the particle of male
semina to assume a particular type of body.

PURPORT

As stated in the last chapter, after suffering different kinds of hellish
conditions, a man comes again to the human form of body. The same
topic is continued in this chapter. In order to give a particular type of

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