Text 59] Purafijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1355
combine to form flesh, bone, blood and so on. All these appear as various
apartments. It is said in the Vedas that the digested foods are ultimately
divided into three. The solid portion becomes stool, and the semi-liquid
portion turns into flesh. The liquid portion turns yellow and is again divided
into three. One of these liquid portions is called urine. Similarly, the fiery
portion is divided into three, and one is called bone. Out of the five ele-
ments, fire, water and foodgrains are very important. These three are
mentioned in the previous verse, whereas sky (ether) and air are not
mentioned. This is all explained in Bhagavad-gita:
prakrtim purusam caiva
viddhy anddi ubhav api
vikdrams ca gunams caiva
viddhi prakrti-sambhavan
“Material nature and the living entities should be understood to be begin-
ningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of
material nature.” (Bg. 13.20)

Prakrti, material nature, and purusa, the living entity, are eternal. When
they both come in contact, there are different reactions and manifestations.
All of them should be considered the results of the interaction of the three
modes of material nature.

TEXT 59
afetees TAT ETE THATS TERA |
RAHA MA TAT TATA TAT ES
tasmims tvant ramaya sprsto
ramamano ’Sruta-smrtih
tat-sanigad idrsim prapto
dasam papiyasim prabho

tasmin—in that situation; tuam—you; ramaya—with the woman; sprstah
—being in contact; ramamanah—enjoying; a-sruta-smrtih— without remem-
brance of spiritual existence; tat—with her; sangat—by association; tdrsim
—like this; praptah—you have attained; dasém—a state; papiyastm—full of
sinful activities; prabho—my dear friend.
