994 Srimad-Bhagavatam [ Canto 4, Ch. 23

tion of the spiritual world and the Vaikunthas, there is a 99.9 percent
chance of his falling down again into material existence. There is, however,
a small chance of being promoted to a spiritual planet from the Brahman
effulgence, or the brahmajyoti. This brahmajyoti is considered by imper-
sonalists to be without variety, and the Buddhists consider it to be void.
In either case, whether one accepts the spiritual sky as being without
variety or void, there is none of the spiritual bliss which is enjoyed in the
spiritual planets, Vaikunthas or Krsnaloka. In the absence of varieties of
enjoyment, the spirit soul gradually feels an attraction to enjoy a life of
bliss, and not having any information of Krsnaloka or Vaikunthaloka, he
naturally falls down to material activities in order to enjoy material
varieties.

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khany akase dravam toye
yatha-sthanam vibhagasah

ksitim ambhasi tat tejasy
ado vayau nabhasy amum

khani—the different holes in the body for the sense organs; akase—in the
sky; dravam—the liquid substance; toye~in the water; yatha-sthanam—
according to proper situation; vibhagasah—as they are divided; ksitim—
earth; ambhasi—in the water; tat—that; tejasi—in the fire; adah—the
fire; vayau—in the air; nabhasi—in the sky; amum-—that.

TRANSLATION

In this way, according to the different positions of the various parts of
the body, Prthu Maharaja merged his bodily air with the air of the sky, his
bodily liquids, such as blood and various secretions, with the totality of
water, and he merged earth with water, then water with fire, fire with air,
air with sky, and so on.

PURPORT

In-this verse two words are very important: yatha-sthanam vibhagasah.
In Srimad-Bhagavatam, Second Canto, Chapter Five, Lord Brahma clearly
explained to Narada how the creation took place, and he explained one
step after another the proper divisions of the senses, the controller of the
senses, the objects of the senses, and the material elements, and he also
