1362 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 31
a child is born, it is to be understood that his particular type of body is
the beginning of another set of activities, and when an old man dies, it is
to be understood that one set of reactionary activity is finished.

We can see that, because of different reactionary activities, one man is
born in a rich family, and another is born in a poor family, although both
of them are born in the same place, in the same moment and the same
atmosphere. One who is carrying pious activity with him is given a chance
to take his birth in a rich or pious family, and one who is carrying impious
activity is given a chance to take birth in a lower, poor family. The change
of body means a change to a different field of activities. Similarly, when
the body of the boy changes into that of a youth, the boyish activities
change into youthful activities.

It is clear that a particular body is given to the living entity for a
particular type of activity. This process is going on perpetually, from a time
which is impossible to trace out. Vaigsnava poets say, therefore, anadi
karama-phale, which means that these actions and reactions of one’s activity
cannot be traced, for they may even continue from the last millennium of
Brahma’s birth to the next millennium. We have seen the example in the
life of Narada Muni. In one millennium he was the son of a maidservant,
and in the next millennium he became a great sage.

TEXTS 45-46
UTS STAT IITA TAT |
AIAATHEATNATAITA BGI
TUM TT TCT |
iy
e
eq GER | RERBETA TOA: VE
dravyopalabdhi-sthanasya
dravyeksadyogyata yada
tat paficatvam aham manad
utpattir dravya-darsanam
yathaksnor dravyavayava-
darsanayogyata yada
tadaiva caksuso drastur
drastrtvayogyatanayoh
