Texts 76-77] Talks Between Narada and King Pracinabarhi 1469
disturbances for neighbors and relatives. The mind is the prime cause of
such a situation. According to one’s mind, different types of bodies are
generated, and one is forced to accept them. As confirmed in Bhagavad-
ita:

° yam yam vapi smaran bhavam

tyajaty ante kalevaram

tam tam evaiti kaunteya

sada tad-bhava-bhavitah
“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that
state he will attain without fail.” (Bg. 8.6)

Within one’s body and mind, one can think as either a dog or a god, and

the next life is offered to him accordingly. This is explained in Bhagavad-
ita:

. purusah prakrti-stho hi

bhuikte prakrti-jan gunan

karanam guna-sango ’sya

sad-asad-yoni-janmasu
“The living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying
the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material
nature. Thus he meets with good and evil amongst various species.”
(Bg. 13.22)

The living entity may transmigrate to either a superior or inferior body
according to his association with the modes of material nature. If he
associates with the mode of ignorance, he gets the body of an animal or an
inferior man, but if he associates with the mode of goodness or passion, he
gets a body accordingly. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:

urdhvam gacchanti sattva-stha
madhye tisthanti rajasah
Jaghanya-guna-vytti-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;
and those in the mode of ignorance go down to the hellish worlds.”
(Bg. 14.18)

The root cause of one’s association is the mind. This great Krsna con-

sciousness movement is the greatest boon to human society because it is
