SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 43]Hiryaka8ipu, King of the Demons105yathaudakai/:1. parthiva-taijasair jana/:1.klilena jiito vikrto vina.Syatiidam-this; sariram-body; pur!.l.§asya-of the conditioned soul;moha-jam-born of ignorance;yatha-just as; prthak-separate;bhautikam-material; ry"ate-is seen; grham-a house; yathd-just as;udakai/:1.-with water; parthiva-with earth; taijasai/:1.-and with fire;jana/:1.-the conditioned soul; kdlena-in due course of time; jata/:1.­born; vikrta/:1.-transformed; vina.Syati-is vanquished.TRANSLATIONJust as a householder, although diH'erent from the identity ofhis house, thinks his house to be identical with him, so the conditionedsoul, due to ignorance, accepts the body to be himself, althoughthe body is actually diH'erent from the soul. This body isobtained through a combination of portions of earth, water andfire, and when the earth, water and fire are transformed in thecourse of time, the body is vanquished. The soul has nothing to dowith this creation and dissolution of the body.PURPORTWe transmigrate from one body to another in bodies that are productsof our illusion, but as spirit souls we always exist separately from material,conditional life. The example given here is that a house or car isalways different from its owner, but because of attachment the conditionedsoul thinks it to be identical with him. A car or house is actuallymade of material elements; as long as the material elements combinetogether properly, the caror house exists, and when they are disassembledthe house or the car is disassembled. The spirit soul, however,always remains as he is.vu;witTEXT 43 'Rf: : I:;r rigun: tR: 11\111