Text 75] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1465
material nature. The total material existence is first agitated by the three
modes of material nature, and these become the living conditions of the
living entity. Thus the subtle and gross bodies develop, and the ingredients
are earth, water, fire, air, sky, and so on. According to Sri Madhvacarya,
when consciousness, the living force in the heart, is agitated by the three
modes of material nature, then the subtle body of the living entity, con-
sisting of the mind, the sense objects, the five senses that acquire knowledge,
and the five senses for acting in the material condition, becomes possible.
TEXT 75
waa Te Braet fafa |
ey ate ad 2a ae aaa fe sell
anena puruso dehan
upddatte vimuiicati
harsam gsokam bhayam duhkham
sukham cdnena vindati
anena—by this process; purusah—the living entity; dehan—gross bodies;
upddatte—achieves; vimuficati—gives up; harsam—enjoyment; sokam—
lamentation; bhayam—fear; duhkham—unhappiness; sukham—happiness;
ca—also; anena—by the gross body; vindati—enjoys.
TRANSLATION
By virtue of the processes of the subtle body, the living entity develops
and gives up gross bodies. This is known as the transmigration of the soul.
Thus the soul becomes subjected to different types of so-called enjoyment,
lamentation, fear, happiness and unhappiness.
PURPORT
According to this explanation, one can clearly understand that originally
the living entity was as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead in
his pure spiritual existence. However, when the mind becomes polluted
by desires for sense gratification in the material world, the living entity
drops into the material conditions, as explained in this verse. Thus he
begins his material existence, which means that he transmigrates from one
body to another and becomes more and more entangled in material exist-
ence. The process of Krsna consciousness, by which one always thinks of
