TEXT 8

Devanagari

शरीरं यदवाप्‍नोति यच्च‍ाप्युत्क्रामतीश्वर: ।
गृहीत्वैतानि संयाति वायुर्गन्धानिवाशयात् ॥ ८ ॥

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Tekst

śarīraṁ yad avāpnoti
yac cāpy utkrāmatīśvaraḥ
gṛhītvaitāni saṁyāti
vāyur gandhān ivāśayāt

Synonyms

śarīram — the body; yat — as; avāpnoti — gets; yat — as; ca api — also; utkrāmati — gives up; īśvaraḥ — the lord of the body; gṛhītvā — taking; etāni — all these; saṁyāti — goes away; vāyuḥ — the air; gandhān — smells; iva — like; āśayāt — from their source.

śarīram — keha; yat — kui; avāpnoti — saab; yat — kui; ca api — samuti; utkrāmati — loobub; īśvaraḥ — keha valitseja; gṛhītvā — võttes; etāni — kõik need; saṁyāti — läheb ära; vāyuḥ — õhk; gandhān — lõhnu; iva — nagu; āśayāt — nende allikast.

Translation

The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another, as the air carries aromas. Thus he takes one kind of body and again quits it to take another.

Materiaalses maailmas elav elusolend kannab oma erinevaid elukäsitlusi ühest kehast teise rännates pidevalt kaasas, samamoodi nagu õhk kannab lõhnu. Sedasi omandab ta endale keha ning sellest lahkudes taas uue.

Purport

Here the living entity is described as īśvara, the controller of his own body. If he likes, he can change his body to a higher grade, and if he likes he can move to a lower class. Minute independence is there. The change his body undergoes depends upon him. At the time of death, the consciousness he has created will carry him on to the next type of body. If he has made his consciousness like that of a cat or dog, he is sure to change to a cat’s or dog’s body. And if he has fixed his consciousness on godly qualities, he will change into the form of a demigod. And if he is in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he will be transferred to Kṛṣṇaloka in the spiritual world and will associate with Kṛṣṇa. It is a false claim that after the annihilation of this body everything is finished. The individual soul is transmigrating from one body to another, and his present body and present activities are the background of his next body. One gets a different body according to karma, and he has to quit this body in due course. It is stated here that the subtle body, which carries the conception of the next body, develops another body in the next life. This process of transmigrating from one body to another and struggling while in the body is called karṣati, or struggle for existence.

Elusolendit kirjeldatakse siin kui īśvarat, oma keha valitsejat. Kui elusolend soovib, võib ta oma praeguse keha vahetada kõrgema või madalama keha vastu. Ta omab sõltumatust sellise valiku tegemiseks. See, millise keha ta oma järgmises elus saab, sõltub temast endast. Surmahetkel kannab teadvus, mille ta on endale loonud, teda vastavasse uude kehasse. Kui inimese teadvus on surmahetkeks langenud koera või kassi teadvuse tasandile, pole ka kahtlust, et järgmises elus omandab ta koera või kassi keha. Kui ta on kinnitanud oma teadvuse jumalikele omadustele, vahetab ta oma praeguse keha pooljumala keha vastu. Ning kui ta viibib Kṛṣṇa teadvuses, kannab ta end Kṛṣṇalokale vaimses maailmas ning hakkab seal Kṛṣṇaga suhtlema. Väide, et keha hävides saabub kõigele lõpp, pole paikapidav. Individuaalne hing rändab ühest kehast teise, ning tema praegune keha ja praegused tegevused loovad aluse tema järgmisele kehale. Ettenähtud ajal oma kehast lahkudes omandab elusolend vastavalt oma karmale uue keha. Siin öeldakse, et peenekoeline keha, mis kannab järgmise keha kontseptsiooni, loob elusolendile järgmises elus vastava jämedakoelise keha. Seda ühest kehast teise rändamist ning selles kehas heitlemist nimetatakse karṣatiks ehk olelusvõitluseks.