Text 67] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1455
and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.”
(Bg. 14.18)

If a person is in the mode of goodness, his mental activities will promote
him to a higher planetary system. Similarly, if he has a low mentality, his
future life will be most abominable. The lives of the living entity, in both
the past and the future, are indicated by the mental condition, Narada Muni
is herein offering the King blessings of all good fortune so that the King
will not desire anything or make plans for sense gratification. The King
was engaged in fruitive ritualistic ceremonies because he hoped to get a
better life in the future. Narada Muni desired him to give up all mental
concoctions. As explained before, all bodies in heavenly planets and hellish
planets arise from mental concoctions, and the sufferings and enjoyments
of material life are simply on the mental platform. They take place on the
chariot of the mind (mano-ratha). It is therefore said:

yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akiicana
sarvair gunais tatra samasate surah
harav abhaktasya kuto mahad-guna
mano-rathendsati dhavato bahih
“One who has unflinching devotion for the Personality of Godhead has all
the good qualities of the demigods. But one who is not a devotee of the
Lord has only material qualifications that are of little value. This is because
he is hovering on the mental plane and is certain to be attracted by the
glaring material energy.” (Bhag. 5.18.12)

Unless one becomes a devotee of the Lord or becomes fully Krsna con-
scious, he will certainly hover on the mental platform and be promoted and
degraded in different types of bodies. All qualities that are considered
good according to the material estimation actually have no value because
these so-called good qualities will not save a person from the cycle of birth
and death. The conclusion is that one should be without mental desire.
Anyabhilasita-siinyam jiidna-karmddy-andurtam: one should be fully free
from material desires, philosophical speculation and fruitive activity. The
best course for a human being is to favorably accept the transcendental
devotional service of the Lord. That is the highest perfection of human life.

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