Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.16.8
ఏవం యోనిగతో జీవ: స నిత్యో నిరహఙ్కృత: ।
యావద్యత్రోపలభ్యేత తావత్స్వత్వం హి తస్య తత్ ॥ ౮ ॥
evaṁ yoni-gato jīvaḥ
[evam yoni-gato jeevah]
sa nityo nirahaṅkṛtaḥ
[sa nityo nirahankritah]
yāvad yatropalabhyeta
[yaavad yatropalabhyeta]
tāvat svatvaṁ hi tasya tat
[taavat svatvam hi tasya tat]
Word-for-word
evam
—
thus
yoni-gataḥ
—
being within a specific species of life
jīvaḥ
—
the living entity
saḥ
—
he
nityaḥ
—
eternal
nirahaṅkṛtaḥ
—
without identification with the body
yāvat
—
as long as
yatra
—
where
upalabhyeta
—
he may be found
tāvat
—
that long
svatvam
—
the concept of self
hi
—
indeed
tasya
—
of him
tat
—
that.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ yoni-gato jīvaḥ
evam
thus
yoni-gataḥ
being within a specific species of life
jīvaḥ
the living entity
sa nityo nirahaṅkṛtaḥ
saḥ
he
nityaḥ
eternal
nirahaṅkṛtaḥ
without identification with the body
yāvad yatropalabhyeta
yāvat
as long as
yatra
where
upalabhyeta
he may be found
tāvat
that long
tāvat svatvaṁ hi tasya tat
svatvam
the concept of self
hi
indeed
tasya
of him
tat
that.
Even though one living entity becomes connected with another because of a relationship based on bodies that are perishable, the living entity is eternal. Actually it is the body that is born or lost, not the living entity. One should not accept that the living entity takes birth or dies. The living being actually has no relationship with so-called fathers and mothers. As long as he appears as the son of a certain father and mother as a result of his past fruitive activities, he has a connection with the body given by that father and mother. Thus he falsely accepts himself as their son and acts affectionately. After he dies, however, the relationship is finished. Under these circumstances, one should not be falsely involved with jubilation and lamentation.
Purport
When the living entity lives within the material body, he falsely thinks that he is the body, although actually he is not. His relationship with his body and his so-called father and mother are false, illusory conceptions. These illusions continue as long as one is not enlightened about the situation of the living entity.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The jīva who has entered a body is actually without specific material identity. As long as the jīva stays in his body he identifies himself as the son of a particular father.
Actually the soul has no material identity. As long as he attains a body with a father (yatra), he thinks himself his son (tasya). Or, though the jīva is without identity, as long as it is in some body (yatra) the jīva (tasya) identifies himself with that body. How can I have false identity since I do not identify with that body any more? Therefore it is not proper to tell me to reenter the body.
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