Text 25] Narada and Angira Instruct King Citraketu 73

vastu-bhiitas ca sarve manobhavah mano-vdsana janyatvan
manobhavah. At night one dreams of tigers and snakes, and while
dreaming he actually sees them, but as soon as the dream is broken they
no longer exist. Similarly, the material world is a creation of our mental
concoctions. We have come to this material world to enjoy material
resources, and by mental concoction we discover many, many objects of
enjoyment because our minds are absorbed in material things. This is
why we receive various bodies. According to our mental concoctions we
work in various ways, desiring various achievements, and by nature and
the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (karmand daiva-
netrena) we get the advantages we desire. Thus we become more and
more involved with material concoctions. This is the reason for our
suffering in the material world. By one kind of activity we create
another, and they are all products of our mental concoctions.

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ayam hi dehino deho
dravya-jnana-kriyatmakah

dehino vividha-klesa-
santapa-krd udahrtah

ayam—this; hi—certainly; dehinah—of the living entity; dehah—
body; dravya-jiidna-kriya-atmakah—consisting of the material ele-
ments, the senses for acquiring knowledge, and the acting senses;
dehinah—of the living entity; vividha—various; klesa—sufferings;
santépa—and of pains; krt—the cause; udéhrtah—is declared.

TRANSLATION

The living entity in the bodily conception of life is absorbed in
the body, which is a combination of the physical elements, the five
senses for gathering knowledge, and the five senses of action,
along with the mind. Through the mind the living entity suffers
