Text 48] The History of the Life of Ajamila 65

vartamano ’nyayoh kdlo
gunabhijnadpako yatha
evam janmanyayor etad

dharmadharma-nidarsanam

vartamanah—the present; anyayoh—of the past and future; kalah—
time; guna-abhijnapakah—making known the qualities; yatha—just
as; evam—thus; janma—birth; anyayoh—of the past and future
births; etat—this; dharma—religious principles; adharma—irreligious
principles; nidarsanam— indicating.

TRANSLATION

Just as springtime in the present indicates the nature of
springtimes in the past and future, so this life of happiness, dis-
tress or a mixture of both gives evidence concerning the religious
and irreligious activities of one’s past and future lives.

PURPORT

Our past and future are not very difficult to understand, for time is
under the contamination of the three modes of material nature. As soon
as spring arrives, the usual exhibition of various types of fruits and
flowers automatically becomes manifest, and therefore we may conclude
that spring in the past was adorned with similar fruits and flowers and
will be so adorned in the future also. Our repetition of birth and death is
taking place within time, and according to the influence of the modes of
nature, we are receiving various types of bodies and being subjected to
various conditions.

TEXT 48
waa gt a: qed fave!
WENA «AAA | WATT! Vl!

manasaiva pure devah
purva-riipam vipasyati

anumimamsate *pirvam
manasa bhagavan ajah
