SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 47) Hiryaka8ipu, King of the Demons 111those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worshipMe will live with Me."The human form of body is valuable. One can use this body to go tothe higher planetary systems, to Pitrloka, or he can remain in this lowerplanetary system, but if one tries he can also return home, back to Godhead.This prowess is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead asthe Supersoul. Therefore the Lord says, matta/l smrtir jnanamapohanarit ca: "From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness."If one wants to receive real knowledge from the Supreme Personalityof Godhead, one can become free from bondage to repeatedacceptance of material bodies. If one takes to the devotional service of theLord and surrenders unto Him, the Lord is prepared to give one directionsby which to return home, back to Godhead, but if one foolishlywants to keep himself in darkness, he can continue in a life of materialexistence.TEXT 47NfltiMffl m- f.tii"Wlf( Im : ... t.·n yavallinganvito hy atmatavat karma-nibandhanamtato viparyaya/l klesomaya-yogo 'nuvartateyavat-as long as; linga-anvitaft,-covered by the subtle body; hiindeed;dtmii-the soul; tavat-that long; karma-of fruitive activities;nibandhanam-bondage ; tataft,-from that; vipa.ryaya/1-reversal(wrongly thinking the body to be the self); klesaft,-misery; mayayoga/1-astrong relationship with the external, illusory energy; anuva r­tate-follows.TRANSLATIONAs long as the spirit soul is covered by the subtle body, consistingof the mind, intelligence and false ego, he is hound to theresults of his fruitive activities. Because of this covering, the spirit