Text 62] Purafijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1359
This is confirmed in this way: mamaivaméo jiva-loke jiva-bhitah sanatanah.
The word sandtana is found in several places in Bhagavad-gita. Both the
Lord and the living entity are sandtana (eternal), and there is also a place
known as sanatana beyond this material nature. The real residence of both
the living entity and God is the domain of sandtana, not this material
world. The material world is the temporary external energy of the Lord,
and the living entity is placed in this material world because he wanted to
imitate the position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this
material world he tries to enjoy his senses to his best capacity. All the
activities of the conditioned soul within this material world are perpetually
taking place in different types of bodies, but when the living entity acquires
developed consciousness, he should try to rectify his situation and again
become a member of the spiritual world. The process by which one can
return home, back to Godhead, is bhakti-yoga, sometimes called sandtana-
dharma. Instead of accepting a temporary occupational duty based on the
material body, one should take to the process of sandtana-dharma, or
bhakti-yoga, so that he can put an end to this perpetual bondage in
material bodies and once again return home, back to Godhead. As long as
human society works on the basis of false material identification, all the
so-called advancements of science and philosophy are simply useless. They
only serve to mislead human society. Andha yathandhair upanityamanah.
In the material world, the blind simply lead the blind.
TEXT 62
He HATH APT TATE (TALI M: |
Hatt crater BAAR ST RTA 1G AUN
aham bhavan na canyas tvam
tvam evdham vicaksva bhoh
na nau pasyanti kavayas
chidram jdtu mandg api

aham—I; bhavan—you; na—not; ca—also; anyah—different; tuam—you;
tvam—you; eva—certainly; aham—as I am; vicaksva—just observe; bhoh—
My dear friend; na—not; nau—of us; pasyanti-do observe; kavayah—
learned scholars; chidram—faulty differentiation; jatu—at any time; manak
—in a small degree; api—even.
