1460 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 29

nadham mameti bhavo ’yam
puruse vyavadhiyate

yavad buddhi-mano-’ksartha-
guna-vyiiho hy anadiman

na—not; aham—1; mama—mine; iti— thus; bhdvah—consciousness; ayam—
this; puruse—in the living entity ; vyavadhiyate—is separated; yavat—so long;
buddhi- intelligence; manah— mind; aksa—senses;artha—sense objects; guna
—of the material qualities; yyihah—a manifestation; hi— certainly ; anddiman
—the subtle body (existing since time immemorial).

TRANSLATION

As long as there exists the subtle material body composed of intelligence,
mind, senses, sense objects and the reactions of the material qualities, the
consciousness of false identification and its relative objective, the gross
body, exist as well.

PURPORT

The desires in the subtle body of mind, intelligence and ego cannot be
fulfilled without a gross body composed of the material elements earth,
water, air, fire and ether. When the gross material body is not manifest, the
living entity cannot factually act in the modes of material nature. In this
verse it is clearly explained that the subtle activities of the mind and
intelligence continue due to the sufferings and enjoyments of the living
entity’s subtle body. The consciousness of material identification (such as
“I and mine’’) still continues because such consciousness has been extant
from time immemorial. However, when one transfers to the spiritual
world by virtue of understanding Krgna consciousness, the actions and
reactions of both gross and subtle bodies no longer bother the spirit soul.

TEXT 71

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supti-miirech opatapesu
pranayana-vighatatah

nehate *ham iti jiidnarh
mrtyu-prajvdray or apt
