Text 12] Maharaja Rahigana Meets Jada Bharata 349

PURPORT

The bodily conception is the basic principle of suffering in material
existence. In Kali-yuga especially, people are so uneducated that they
cannot even understand that the body is changing at every moment and
that the ultimate change is called death. In this life one may be a king,
and in the next life one may be a dog, according to karma. The spirit soul
is in a deep slumber caused by the force of material nature. He is put in
one type of condition and again changed into another type. Without self-
realization and knowledge, conditional life continues, and one falsely
claims himself a king, a servant, a cat or a dog. These are simply
different transformations brought about by the supreme arrangement.
One should not be misled by such temporary bodily conceptions. Actually
no one is master within the material world, for everyone is under the
control of material nature, which is under the control of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krsna, is the ultimate master. As explained in Caitanya-caritamrta,
ekale isvara krsna, Gra saba bhrtya: the only master is Krsna, and every-
one else is His servant. Forgetfulness of our relationship with the
Supreme Lord brings about our suffering in the material world.

TEXT 12

fiarqehat wm 7
TEMA TA STINCASHAq |
= sacra feathiracd
aay asa ara fe 3 eel

visesa-buddher vivaram manak ca
pasyadma yan na vyavaharato ‘nyat
ka isvaras tatra kim isitavyam
tathapi rdjan karavama kim te

visesa-buddheh—of the conception of the distinction between master
and servant; vivaram—the scope; mandk—a little: ca—also:
pasyamah—I see; yat—which; na—not; vyavahdratah—than the tem-
porary usage or convention; anyat—other: kah—who: isvarah—the
