Text 61] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1445
how the gross body is changing. The materialistic philosopher Darwin has
tried to study the changes of the gross body, but because he had no
knowledge of either the subtle body or the soul, he could not clearly
explain how the evolutionary process is going on. One may change the
gross body, but he works in the subtle body. People cannot understand the
activities of the subtle body, and consequently they are bewildered as to
how the actions of one gross body affect another gross body. The activities
of the subtle body are also guided by the Supersoul, as explained in
Bhagavad-gita:
sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jidnam apohanam ca
vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyo
vedanta-krd veda-vid eva caham

“T am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowl-
edge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas,I am to be known; indeed I am
the compiler of Vedanta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.” (Bg. 15.15)

Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Supersoul is always
guiding the individual soul, the individual soul always knows how to act
according to the reactions of his past karma. In other words, the Supersoul
reminds him to act in such a way. Therefore although there is apparently
a change in the gross body, there is a continuation between the lives of an
individual soul.

TEXT 61
ana aed TEN Ta |
anemia YS TEAATTT aT eI
Sayadnam imam utsrjya
§vasantam puruso yatha
karmatmany ahitam bhuikte
tadrsenetarena va

§ayanam—lying down on a bed; imam—this body; utsrjya—after giving
up; Svasantam—breathing; purusah—the living entity; yatha—as; karma—
activity; a@tmani—in the mind; ahitam—executed; bhunkte—enjoys;
tadrsena—by a similar body; itarena—by a different body; va—or.
