1454 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 29

devotee, who is free from all material desires experienced on the mental
platform and who is also free from empiric philosophical speculation or
fruitive activity, is always above material conditioning and is always
liberated.

TEXT 66
Wa oT AAT TEA Ware |
apreyag ag a aaa a afaaa: 18

mana eva manusyasya
pirva-ripdni Samsati

bhavisyatas ca bhadrar te
tathaiva na bhavisyatah

manah—the mind; eva—certainly; manusyasya—of a man; piirva—past;
rupaéni—forms; samsati—indicates;bhavisyatah—of one who will take birth;
ca—also; bhadram—good fortune; te—unto you; tathd—thus; eva—certainly ;
na—not; bhavisyatah—of one who will take birth.

TRANSLATION

O King, all good fortune unto you! The mind is the cause of the living
entity’s attaining a certain type of body in accordance with his association
with material nature. According to one’s mental composition, one can
understand what the living entity was in his past life as well as what kind
of body he will have in the future. Thus the mind indicates the past and
future bodies.

PURPORT

The mind is the index of information about one’s past and future life.
If a man is a devotee of the Lord, he cultivated devotional service in his
previous life. Similarly, if one’s mind is criminal, he was criminal in his
last life. In the same way, according to the mind, we can understand what
will happen in a future life. In Bhagavad-gitd it is said:

irdhvam gacchanti sattva-stha
madhye tisthanti rajasah
Jaghanya-guna-vurtti-stha
adho gacchanti tamasah

“Those situated in the mode of goodness gradually go upward to the
higher planets; those in the mode of passion live on the earthly planets;
