Text 5] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1377
fall down to a degraded platform. The more one desires a degraded life
within his heart, the more he falls down to occupy different forms of
abominable existence. This is the process of transmigration and evolution.
A particular type of animal may have a strong tendency to enjoy one
kind of sense enjoyment, but in the human form one can enjoy all the
senses. The human form has the facility to utilize all the senses for
gratification. Unless one is properly trained, he becomes a victim of the
modes of material nature, as confirmed by Bhagavad-gita:
prakrteh kriyamanani
gunaih karmani sarvasah
ahankara-vimiidhatma
kartaham iti manyate
“The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of
material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality
carried out by nature.” (Bg. 3.27)

As soon as one desires to enjoy his senses, he puts himself under the
control of material energy and automatically or mechanically is placed
into the cycle of birth and death in various life forms.

TEXT 5
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afg g saat frareanretaa aHa7 |
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araterera Sesfirg garg ys 9a TTA II
buddhim tu pramadam vidyan
mam4dham iti yat-krtam
yam adhisthdaya dehe ’smin
puman bhunkte ’ksabhir gunan
buddhim—intelligence;  tu—then; pramaddm—the young woman
(Purafijani); vidyat—one should know; mama—my; aham—I; iti—thus;
yat-krtam—done by intelligence; yam—which intelligence; adhisthaya—
taking shelter of; dehe—in the body; asmin—this; puman—the living entity;
bhunkte—suffers and enjoys; aksabhih—by the senses; gunan—the modes of
material nature.
TRANSLATION

The great sage Narada continued: The word pramada mentioned in this

regard refers to material intelligence, or ignorance. It is to be understood
