Texts 23-25] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1395

carah—followers; bhiita— of living entities; upasarga—at the time of distress;
asu—very soon; rayah—very powerful; prajvarah—named Prajvara; duvi-
vidhah—two kinds; jvarah—fever; evam—thus; bahu-vidhaih—of different
varieties; duhkhaih—by tribulations; daiva—by providence; bhiita—by
other living entities; dtma—by the body and mind; sambhavaih—produced;
klisyamanah—subjected to sufferings; satam—hundred; varsam—years;
dehe—in the body; dehi—the living entity; tamah-vrtah—covered by ma-
terial existence; prana—of life; indriya—of the senses; manah—of the mind;
dharman—characteristics; atmani—unto the soul; adhyasya—wrongly
attributing; nirgunah—although transcendental; sete—lies down; kama—of
sense enjoyment; lavan—on fragments; dhyayan— meditating; mama—mine;
aham—|; iti— thus; karma-krt—the actor.

TRANSLATION

The followers of Yavanesvara [ Yamaraja] are called the soldiers of
death, and they are known as the various types of disturbances that pertain
to the body and mind. Prajvara represents the two types of fever: extreme
heat and extreme cold—typhoid and pneumonia. The living entity lying
down within the body is disturbed by many tribulations pertaining to
providence, to other living entities and to his own body and mind. Despite
all kinds of tribulations, the living entity, subjected to the necessities of
the body, mind and senses and suffering from various types of disease, is
carried away by many plans due to his lust to enjoy the world. Although
transcendental to this material existence, the living entity, out of ignorance,
accepts all these material miseries under the pretext of false egoism (I and
mine). In this way he lives for a hundred years within this body.

PURPORT

In the Vedas it is stated: asafigo ‘yam purusah. The living entity is
actually separate from material existence, for the soul is not material.
In Bhagavad-gita it is also said that the living entity is the superior energy,
and the material elements—earth, water, fire, air and so on—are the inferior
energy. The material elements are also described as bhinna, or separated
energy. When the internal or superior energy comes in contact with the
external energy, it is subjected to so many tribulations. In Bhagavad-gita
the Lord also says:

matra-sparsas tu kaunteya
Sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah
dgamapayino ’nityas
tams titiksasva bharata
