Shloka 60
Nārada Explains the Allegory of King Purañjana
Deha–Indriya–Manaḥ Mapping and the Remedy of Bhakti
नारद उवाच येनैवारभते कर्म तेनैवामुत्र तत्पुमान् । भुङ्क्ते ह्यव्यवधानेन लिङ्गेन मनसा स्वयम् ॥ ६० ॥
nārada uvāca yenaivārabhate karma tenaivāmutra tat pumān bhuṅkte hy avyavadhānena liṅgena manasā svayam
नारद उवाच—येनैव स्थूलदेहेन कर्म आरभते, तेनैव पुमान् अमुत्र तत्फलं भुङ्क्ते। स्थूलदेहः सूक्ष्मदेहेन—लिङ्गेन मनसा—प्रेरितः। स्थूलनाशेऽपि सूक्ष्मदेहोऽवशिष्यते; तेनैव सुखदुःखे भुज्येते, न तत्र परिवर्तनम्।
The living entity has two kinds of body — the subtle body and the gross body. Actually he enjoys through the subtle body, which is composed of mind, intelligence and ego. The gross body is the instrumental outer covering. When the gross body is lost, or when it dies, the root of the gross body — the subtle body of mind, intelligence and ego — continues and brings about another gross body. Although the gross body apparently changes, the real root of the gross body is always there. The subtle body’s activities, be they pious or impious, create another situation for the living entity to enjoy or suffer in the next gross body. Thus the subtle body continues, whereas the gross bodies change one after another.
FAQs
This verse explains that the results of one’s actions are experienced in the next life through the subtle body—especially the mind—which continues without interruption and carries the living being onward.
In his instruction to King Prācīnabarhi (through the allegory of Purañjana), Nārada teaches detachment from fruitive ritualism and clarifies how bondage continues via the mind and subtle body, urging a turn toward devotional consciousness.
Cultivate mindful, dharmic actions and steady devotional remembrance, because mental impressions and intentions shape future experience; train the mind through sādhana so it carries you toward liberation rather than repeated bondage.