382 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 11

PURPORT

Transmigration among the 8,400,000 species is due to the mind’s
being polluted by certain material qualities. Due to the mind, the soul is
subjected to pious and impious activities. The continuation of material
existence is like the waves of material nature. In this regard. Srila
Bhaktivinoda Thakura says, ma@ydra vase ydccha bhese’, khaccha
habudubu, bhai: “My dear brother, the spirit soul is completely under
the control of maya, and you are being carried away by its waves.” This
is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:

prakrteh kriyamanani
gunaih karma sarvasah

ahankdara-vimidhatma
kartaham iti manyate

“The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of
material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in ac-
tuality carried out by nature.” (Bg. 3.27)

Material existence means being fully controlled by material nature.
The mind is the center for accepting the dictations of material nature. In
this way the living entity is carried away in different types of bodies con-
tinuously. millennium after millennium.

krsna bhuli’ sei jiva anddi-bahirmukha
ataeva maya tare deya sarhsdra-duhkha
(Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya 20.117)

Due to the living entity’s forgetfulness of Krsna, one is bound by the
laws of material nature.

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