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TEXT 4
jiva uvaca
kasmin janmany ami mahyam
pitaro mataro bhavan
karmabhir bhramyamanasya
deva-tiryan-nr-yonisu
SYNONYMS
jivah uvacathe living entity said; kasminin which; janmanibirth; amiall those; mahyamto me; pitarahfathers; matarahmothers; abhavanwere; karmabhihby the results of fruitive action; bhramyamanasyawho am wandering; deva-tiryakof the demigods and the lower animals; nrand of the human species; yonisuin the wombs.
TRANSLATION
By the mystic power of Narada Muni, the living entity reentered his dead body for a short time and spoke in reply to Narada Munis request. He said: According to the results of my fruitive activities, I, the living being, transmigrate from one body to another, sometimes going to the species of the demigods, sometimes to the species of lower animals, sometimes among the vegetables, and sometimes to the human species. Therefore, in which birth were these my mother and father? No one is actually my mother and father. How can I accept these two people as my parents?
PURPORT
Here it is made clear that the living being enters a material body that is like a machine created by the five gross elements of material nature (earth, water, fire, air and sky) and the three subtle elements (mind, intelligence and ego). As confirmed in Bhagavad-gita, there are two separate identities, called the inferior and superior natures, which both belong to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to the results of a living entitys fruitive actions, he is forced to enter the material elements in different types of bodies.
This time the living entity was supposed to have been the son of Maharaja Citraketu and Queen Krtadyuti because according to the laws of nature he had entered a body made by the King and Queen. Actually, however, he was not their son. The living entity is the son of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and because he wants to enjoy this material world, the Supreme Lord gives him a chance to enter various bodies. The living entity has no true relationship with the material body he gets from his material father and mother. He is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but he is allowed to go through different bodies. The body created by the so-called father and mother actually has nothing to do with its so-called creators. Therefore the living entity flatly denied that Maharaja Citraketu and his wife were his father and mother.
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