Text 57] The History of the Life of Ajamila 77
TRANSLATION
Since the living entity is associated with material nature, he is in
an awkward position, but if in the human form of life he is taught
how to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His
devotee, this position can be overcome.
PURPORT
The word prakrti means material nature, and purusa may also refer to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one wants to continue his asso-
ciation with prakrti, the female energy of Krsna, and be separated from
Krsna by the illusion that he is able to enjoy prakrti, he must continue in
his conditional life. If he changes his consciousness, however, and asso-
ciates with the supreme, original person (purusarn sdsvatam), or with
His associates, he can get out of the entanglement of material nature. As
confirmed in Bhagavad-gité (4.9), janma karma ca me divyam evam yo
vetti tattvatah: one must simply understand the Supreme Person, Krsna,
in terms of His form, name, activities and pastimes. This will keep one
always in the association of Krsna. Tyaktvd dehari punar janma naiti
mam eti so ’rjuna: thus after giving up his gross material body, one ac-
cepts not another gross body but a spiritual body in which to return
home, back to Godhead. Thus one ends the tribulation caused by his
association with the material energy. In summary, the living entity is an
eternal servant of God, but he comes to the material world and is bound
by material conditions because of his desire to lord it over matter.
Liberation means giving up this false consciousness and reviving one’s
original service to the Lord. This return to one’s original life is called
mukti, as confirmed in Srimad-Bhégavatam (muktir hitvanyathd riiparh
svariipena vyavasthitih).
TEXTS 56-57

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