Text 3] Narada and Angira Instruct King Citraketu 53
him? You may say that you are now related as father and son, but
do you think this relationship existed before? Does it truly exist
now? Will it continue in the future?
PURPORT
The instructions given by Narada and Angira Muni are the true
spiritual instructions for the illusioned conditioned soul. This world is
temporary, but because of our previous karma we come here and accept
bodies, creating temporary relationships in terms of society, friendship,
love, nationality and community, which are all finished at death. These
temporary relationships did not exist in the past, nor will they exist in
the future. Therefore at the present moment the so-called relationships
are illusions.
TEXT 3
TH ates Hata AAT TSA: |
aqered aqssed aa Broa Afea: Ul 3M
yatha prayanti saryanti
sroto-vegena bdalukah
samyujyante viyujyante
tatha kalena dehinah
yatha—just as; prayanti—move apart; samydnti—come together:
srotah-vegena—by the force of waves; balukah—the small particles of
sand; samyujyante—they are united; viyujyante—they are separated:
tatha—similarly; kalena—by time; dehinah—the living entities who
have accepted material bodies.
TRANSLATION
O King, as small particles of sand sometimes come together and
are sometimes separated due to the force of the waves, the living
entities who have accepted material bodies sometimes come
together and are sometimes separated by the force of time.
