Texts 76-77] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1467

‘‘As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to
youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death.
The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.” (Bg. 2.13)

Unless all human society understands this important verse in Bhagavad-
gita, civilization will advance in ignorance, not in knowledge.

TEXTS 76-77
TH Mea ae aI
AAT SHY TET TA? 1198 I
Tage + eta HTT SHUT |
Wa CT RAK AMAT AAA [90

yatha trna-jaliikeyarm
napayaty apayati ca

na tyajen mriyamano "pi
prag-dehabhimatim janah

yavad anyam na vindeta
vyavadhanena karmanam

mana eva manusyendra
bhiitanam bhava-bhavanam

yatha—as; trna-jaliika—caterpillar; iyam—this; na apaydti—does not go;
apayati—goes; ca—also; na—not; tyajet—gives up; mriyamdnah—at the point
of death; api—even; prak—former; deha—with the body; abhimatim—
identification ; janah—a person; ydvat—so long as; anyam—another; na—not;
vindeta— obtains; vyavadhanena—by the termination; karmanam- of fruitive
activities; manah—the mind; eva—certainly ; manusya-indra—O ruler of men;
bhiitanadm—of all living entities; bhava—of material existence; bhavanam—
the cause.

TRANSLATION

The caterpillar transports itself from one leaf to another by capturing
one leaf before giving up the other. Similarly, according to his previous
work, the living entity must capture another body before giving up the
one he has. This is because the mind is the reservoir of all kinds of desires.
