1450 Srimad-Bhagavatam [| Canto 4, Ch. 29

yatha—as; anumiyate—can be imagined; cittam—one’s consciousness or
mental condition; ubhayaih—both; indriya—of the senses; thitaih—by the
activities; evam—similarly; prak—previous; deha-jam—performed by the
body; karma— activities; laks yate—can be perceived; citta—of consciousness;
urttibhih—by the occupations.

TRANSLATION

One can understand the mental or conscious position of a living entity
by the activities of two kinds of senses—the knowledge-acquiring senses
and the executive senses. Similarly, by the mental condition or conscious-
ness of a person, one can understand his position in the previous life.

PURPORT

There is an English proverb that says, “The face is the index of the mind.”
If one is angry, his anger is immediately expressed in his face. Similarly,
other mental states are reflected by the actions of the gross body. In other
words, the activities of the gross body are reactions of the mental condi-
tion. The mind’s activities are thinking, feeling and willing. The willing
portion of the mind is manifest by the activities of the body. The conclu-
sion is that by the activities of the body and senses, we can understand the
condition of the mind. The condition of the mind is affected by past
activities in the past body. When the mind is joined with a particular sense,
it immediately becomes manifest in a certain way. For instance, when
there is anger in the mind, the tongue vibrates so many maledictions.
Similarly, when the mind’s anger is expressed through the hand, there is
fighting. When it is expressed through the leg, there is kicking. There are
so many ways in which the subtle activities of the mind are expressed
through the various senses. The mind of a person in Krsna consciousness
also acts in a similar way. The tongue chants Hare Krsna, the maha-mantra,
the hands are raised in ecstasy, and the legs dance in Krsna consciousness.
These symptoms are technically called asta-sdttvika-vikdra, This is trans-
formation of the mental condition in goodness or sometimes transcendental
ecstasy.

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