Text 44] The Movements of the Living Entities 1361

fruits and flowers which the living entity can enjoy, even in this material
world. That is called the brahma-bhuta stage. In his designated condition,
a living entity is called materialistic, and upon being freed from all
designation, when he is fully Krsna conscious, engaged in devotional
service, he is called liberated. Unless one gets the opportunity to associate
with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of the Lord, there is no
possibility of one’s liberation from the cycle of birth and death in the
different species of life and through the different grades of planets.

TEXT 44

Het garg eat qafexraatea: |
afattse aurea aeag: vVll

jivo hy asydnugo deho
bhiitendriya-mano-mayah

tan-nirodho ’sya maranam
avirbhavas tu sambhavah

jivah—the living entity; hi—indeed; asya—of him; anugah—suitable;
dehah—body; bhiita—gross material elements; indriya—senses; manah—
mind; mayah—made of; tat—of the body; nirodhah—destruction; asya—of
the living entity; maranam—death; avirbhavah—manifestation; tu—but;
sambhavah—birth.
TRANSLATION

In this way the living entity gets a suitable body with a material mind
and senses, according to his fruitive activities. When the reaction of his
particular activity is finished, it is called death, and when a particular
type of reaction begins, that is called birth.

PURPORT

From time immemorial, the living entity travels in the different species
of life and the different planets, almost perpetually. This process is ex-
plained in Bhagavad-gita. Bhramayan sarva-bhutani yantrarudhani mayaya:
under the spell of maya, everyone is wandering throughout the universe on
the carriage of the body offered by the material energy. Materialistic life in-
volves a series of actions and reactions. It is a long film spool of actions and
reactions, and one life span is just a flash in such a reactionary show. When
