Texts 26-27] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1397

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TIS HU Tiled A TAPHAPATAA URI

yadatmdnam avijiidya
bhagavantarm param gurum
purusas tu visajjeta
gunesu prakrteh sva-drk

gunabhimani sa tada
karmani kurute *vasah

Suklam krsnam lohitam va
yatha-karmabhijayate

yada—when; dtmanam—the Supreme Soul; avijidya—forgetting; bhaga-
vantam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; param—supreme; gurum—
the instructor; purusah—the living entity ; tu— then; visajjeta—gives himself
up; gunesu—to the modes; prakrteh—of material nature; sva-drk—one who
can see his own welfare; guna-abhimani—identified with the modes of
nature; sah—he; tada—at that time; karmdni—fruitive activities; kurute—
performs; avasah— spontaneously ; suklam— white; krsnam— black ;lohitam—
red; vd—or; yatha—according to; karma—work; abhijdyate—takes birth.

TRANSLATION

The living entity by nature has minute independence to choose his own
good or bad fortune, but when he forgets his supreme master, the Per-
sonality of Godhead, he gives himself up unto the modes of material nature.
Being influenced by the modes of material nature, he identifies himself
with the body and, for the interest of the body, becomes attached to
various activities. Sometimes he is under the influence of the mode of
ignorance, sometimes the mode of passion, and sometimes the mode of
goodness. The living entity thus gets different types of bodies under the
modes of material nature.

PURPORT
These different types of bodies are explained in Bhagavad-gita:

purusah prakrti-stho hi
bhunkte prakrti-jan gunan

kdranam guna-sango ’sya
sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
