Shloka 29
Nārada Explains the Allegory of King Purañjana
Deha–Indriya–Manaḥ Mapping and the Remedy of Bhakti
क्वचित्पुमान् क्वचिच्च स्त्री क्वचिन्नोभयमन्धधी: । देवो मनुष्यस्तिर्यग्वा यथाकर्मगुणं भव: ॥ २९ ॥
kvacit pumān kvacic ca strī kvacin nobhayam andha-dhīḥ devo manuṣyas tiryag vā yathā-karma-guṇaṁ bhavaḥ
تمو گُن سے ڈھکی ہوئی عقل والا جیو کبھی مرد، کبھی عورت، کبھی خنثی؛ کبھی دیوتا، کبھی انسان، کبھی پرندہ یا جانور بنتا ہے۔ یوں وہ کرم اور گُن کے مطابق اس سنسار میں بھٹکتا رہتا ہے۔
Actually the living entity is part and parcel of the Lord; therefore he is spiritual in quality. The living entity is never material, and his material conception is simply a mistake due to forgetfulness. He is as brilliant as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Both the sun and the sunshine are very brilliant. The Lord is like the full shining sun, and the living entities are like the small particles of that sun which constitute the all-pervasive sunshine. When these small particles are covered by the cloud of māyā, they lose their shining capacity. When the cloud of māyā is gone, the particles again become brilliant and shining. As soon as the living entity is covered by the ignorance of māyā, or darkness, he cannot understand his relationship with the Supreme God. Somehow or other, if he comes before the Lord, he can see himself shining like the Supreme Lord, although he is not as extensive as the Lord. Because the living entity desires to imitate the Supreme Lord, he is covered by māyā. We cannot imitate the Lord, nor can we become the supreme enjoyer. This is not possible, and when we think it is, we become conditioned by māyā. Thus the encagement of the living entity under the clutches of māyā is brought about by forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord.
FAQs
This verse says birth changes according to one’s karma and the modes of nature one associates with—leading to bodies such as demigod, human, or animal.
Narada instructed the king to see the danger of fruitive attachment and repeated birth, and to turn from karma-centered life toward spiritual realization and devotion.
Choose sāttvika habits and, above all, cultivate bhakti (hearing, chanting, and serving the Lord) so your consciousness rises beyond the gunas that shape future destiny.