Text 64] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1451

nanubhiitam kva cdnena
dehenddrstam aSrutam
kadacid upalabh yeta
yad riipam yadrg atmani

na—never; anubhiitam—experienced; kva—at any time; ca—also; anena
dehena—by this body ;adrstam—never seen; asrutam—never heard; kadacit—
sometimes; upalabhyeta—may be experienced; yat—which; ripam—form;
ydadrk—whatever kind; atmani—in the mind.

TRANSLATION

Sometimes we suddenly experience something that was never experienced
in the present body by sight or hearing. Sometimes we see such things
suddenly in dreams.

PURPORT

We sometimes see things in dreams that we have never experienced in
the present body. Sometimes in dreams we think that we are flying in the
sky, although we have no experience of flying. This means that once in a
previous life, either as a demigod or astronaut, we flew in the sky. The
impression is there in the stockpile of the mind, and it suddenly expresses
itself. It is like fermentation taking place in the depths of water, which
sometimes manifests itself in bubbles on the water’s surface. Sometimes
we dream of coming to a place we have never known or experienced in this
lifetime, but this is proof that in a past life we experienced this. The
impression is kept within the mind and sometimes becomes manifest
either in dream or in thought. The conclusion is that the mind is the
storehouse of various thoughts and experiences undergone during our past
lives. Thus there is a chain of continuation from one life to another, from
previous lives to this life, and from this life to future lives. This is also
sometimes proved by saying that a man is a born poet, a born scientist or
a born devotee. If, like Maharaja Ambarisa, we think of Krsna constantly
in this life (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh), we will certainly be
transferred to the kingdom of God at the time of death. Even if our at-
tempt to be Krsna conscious is not complete, our Krsna consciousness will
continue in the next life. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:

prapya punya-krtam lokan
usitud Sasvatih samah
