396 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 11

PURPORT

When one’s mind is absorbed in the material conception, he thinks
that he belongs to a particular nation, family, country or creed. These are
all called upddhis, designations, and one has to become freed from them
(sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam). As long as one is not freed. he has to con-
tinue conditioned life in material existence. The human form of life is
meant for cleansing away these misconceptions. If this is not done. one
has to repeat the cycle of birth and death and thus suffer all material
conditions.

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augaey anata 211

na yavad etan mana atma-lingam
samsdra-tapdvapanam janasya

yac choka-mohamaya-raga-lobha-
vairdnubandham mamatam vidhatte

na—not; ydvat—as long as: etat—this: manah—mind; dtma-
lingam —existing as the false designation of the soul; sarnsdra-tapa —of
the miseries of this material world; d@vapanam—the growing ground:
janasya—of the living being: yat—which: soka—of lamentation:
moha—of illusion; dmaya—of disease: raga—of attachment; lobha—of
greed; vaira—of enmity: anubandham—the consequence: mamatam—
the sense of ownership: vidhatte—gives.

TRANSLATION

The soul’s designation, the mind, is the cause of all tribulations
in the material world. As long as this fact is unknown to the condi-
tioned living entity, he has to accept the miserable condition of the
material body and wander within this universe in different posi-
tions. Because the mind is affected by disease, lamentation, illu-
