Text 43] Hiranyakasipu, King of the Demons 105

yathaudakaih parthiva-taijasair janah

kalena jato vikrto vinasyati

idam—this; sariram—body; purusasya—of the conditioned soul;
moha-jam—born of ignorance; yatha—just as; prthak—separate;
bhautikam—material; tyate—is seen; grham—a house; yatha—just as;
udakaih—with water; parthiva—with earth; taijasaih—and with fire;
janah—the conditioned soul; kadlena—in due course of time; jatah—

born; vikrtah—transformed; vinasyati—is vanquished.

TRANSLATION
Just as a householder, although different from the identity of
his house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the condi-
tioned soul, due to ignorance, accepts the body to be himself, al-
though the body is actually different from the soul. This body is
obtained through a combination of portions of earth, water and
fire, and when the earth, water and fire are transformed in the
course of time, the body is vanquished. The soul has nothing to do
with this creation and dissolution of the body.
PURPORT
We transmigrate from one body to another in bodies that are products
of our illusion, but as spirit souls we always exist separately from ma-
terial, conditional life. The example given here is that a house or car is
always different from its owner, but because of attachment the condi-
tioned soul thinks it to be identical with him. A car or house is actually
made of material elements; as long as the material elements combine
together properly, the car or house exists, and when they are dis-
assembled the house or the car is disassembled. The spirit soul, however,
always remains as he is.
TEXT 43
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