Text 54] The History of the Life of Ajamila 75

form of life by understanding the perfect knowledge given by Krsna
Himself in the Vedic literature, one’s life is successful.

TEXT 54

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anata aah Bn TAT U4

labdhva nimittam avyaktam
vyaktavyaktam bhavaty uta

yatha-yoni yatha-bijam
svabhavena baliyasa

labdhvé—having gotten; nimittam—the cause; avyaktam—unseen or
unknown to the person; vyakta-avyaktam—manifested and un-
manifested, or the gross body and the subtle body; bhavati—come into
being; uta—certainly; yathd-yoni—exactly like the mother; yatha-
bijam—exactly like the father; sva-bhavena—by the natural tendency;
baliyasa—which is very powerful.

TRANSLATION

The fruitive activities a living being performs, whether pious or
impious, are the unseen cause for the fulfillment of his desires.
This unseen cause is the root for the living entity’s different
bodies. Because of his intense desire, the living entity takes birth
in a particular family and receives a body which is either like that
of his mother or like that of his father. The gross and subtle
bodies are created according to his desire.

PURPORT

The gross body is a product of the subtle body. As stated in Bhagavad-
gita (8.6):

yam yam vapi smaran bhavam
tyajaty ante kalevaram
tam tam evaiti kaunteya

sada tad-bhava-bhavitah
