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soul is connected with the material energy and must accordingly
suffer material conditions and reversals, continually, life after life.
PURPORT

The living entity is bound by the subtle body, consisting of the mind,
intelligence and false ego. At the time of death, therefore, the position of
the mind becomes the cause for the next body. As confirmed in
Bhagavad-gité (8.6), yarn yam vapi smaran bhdvam tyajaty ante
kalevaram: at the time of death the mind sets the criteria for the spirit
soul’s being carried to another type of body. If a living being resists the
dictation of the mind and engages the mind in the loving service of the
Lord, the mind cannot degrade him. The duty of all human beings,
therefore, is to keep the mind always engaged at the lotus feet of the
Lord (sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayoh). When the mind is engaged
at the lotus feet of Krsna, the intelligence is purified, and then the intel-
ligence gets inspiration from the Supersoul (dadami buddhi-yogam
tam). Thus the living entity makes progress toward liberation from ma-
terial bondage. The individual living soul is subject to the laws of
fruitive activity, but the Supersoul, Paramatma, is not affected by the
fruitive activities of the individual soul. As confirmed in the Vedic
Upanisad, the Paramatma and the jivatma, who are likened to two birds,
are sitting in the body. The jivatmd is enjoying or suffering by eating the
fruits of the bodily activities, but the Paramatma, who is free from such
bondage, witnesses and sanctions the activities of the individual soul as
the individual soul desires.

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feahiRaisd aq qierier |
TH AAT: GA: AAT TA lvcll
vitathabhiniveso *yarn
yad gunesv artha-drg-vacah
yatha manorathah svapnah
sarvam aindriyakam mrsa@

vitatha—fruitless; abhinivesah—the conception; ayam—this; yat—

which; gunesu—in the modes of material nature; artha—as a fact; drk-
