SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

ll2 Srimad-Bhiigavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2soul is connected with the material ene.:gy and must accordinglysuffer material conditions and reversals, continually, life after life.PURPORTThe living entity is hound by the subtle body, consisting of the mind,intelligence and false ego. At the time of death, therefore, the position ofthe mind becomes the cause for the next body. As confirmed inBhagavad-gitd (8.6), yam yam vapi smaran bhavam tyajaty antekalevaram: at the time of death the mind sets the criteria for the spiritsoul's being carried to another type of body. If a living being resists thedictation of the mind and engages the mind in the loving service of theLord, the mind cannot degrade him. The duty of all human beings,therefore, is to keep the mind always engaged at the lotus feet of theLord (sa vai manab. kmw.-padaravindayob.}. When the mind is engagedat the lotus feet of l(rQa, the intelligence is purified, and then the intelligencegets inspiration from the Supersoul (dadami buddhi-yogamtam). Thus the living entity makes progress toward liberation from materialbondage. The individual living soul is subject to the laws offruitive activity, but the Supersoul, Paramatma, is not affected by thefruitive activities of the individual soul. As confirmed in the VedicUpan, the Paramatma and the jivatmii, who are likened to two birds,are sitting in the body. The jivatmii is enjoying or suffering by eating thefruits of the bodily activities, but the Paramatma, who is free from suchbondage, witnesses and sanctions the activities of the individual soul asthe individual soul desires.TEXT 48:1 : : "' 'll1 11\lllvitathabhinive5o yamyad gu$V artha-drg-vacat£yatha manorathat£ svapnat£saroam aindriyakam mr$iivitatha-fruitless; abhinivesat£-the conception; ayam-this; yatwhich;gue$u-in the modes of material nature; artha-as a fact; drk-