384. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 11

antaradtma, the mind, is conditioned by material nature. As stated here,
méyd-racitantardtmad sva-dehinam samsrti-cakra-kitah: the mind,
being most powerful, covers the living entity and puts him in the waves
of material existence.

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tavdn ayam vyavahdarah sadavih
ksetrajria-sdksyo bhavati sthiila-siksmah

tasman mano liigam ado vadanti
gundgunatvasya pardvarasya

tavan—until that time: ayam—this: vyavahdérah—the artificial
designations (being fat or skinny, or belonging to the demigods or
human beings): sadé—always; dvih—manifesting:; ksetra-jna—of the
living entity: saksyah—testimony: bhavati—is: sthitla-siksmah—fat
and skinny: tasmat—therefore: manah—the mind: liigam—the cause;
adah—this; vadanti—they say; guna-agunatvasya—of being absorbed
in material qualities or devoid of material qualities: para-avarasya —and
of lower and higher conditions of life.

TRANSLATION

The mind makes the living entity within this material world
wander through different species of life, and thus the living entity
experiences mundane affairs in different forms as a human being,
demigod, fat person, skinny person and so forth. Learned scholars
say that bodily appearance, bondage and liberation are caused by
the mind.

PURPORT

Just as the mind is the cause of bondage. it can also be the cause of
liberation. The mind is described here as para-avara. Para means tran-
