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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.13.40

క్వ‍చిచ్ఛయే ధరోపస్థే తృణపర్ణాశ్మభస్మసు । క్వ‍చిత్ప్రాసాదపర్యఙ్కే కశిపౌ వా పరేచ్ఛయా ॥ ౪౦ ॥
kvacic chaye dharopasthe
[kvachich chaye dharopasthe]
tṛṇa-parṇāśma-bhasmasu
[trina-parnaashma-bhasmasu]
kvacit prāsāda-paryaṅke
[kvachit praasaada-paryanke]
kaśipau vā parecchayā
[kashipau vaa parechchayaa]
Word-for-word
kvacit — sometimes śaye — I lie down dhara-upasthe — on the surface of the earth tṛṇa — on grass parṇa — leaves aśma — stone bhasmasu — or a pile of ashes kvacit — sometimes prāsāda — in palaces paryaṅke — on a first-class bedstead kaśipau — on a pillow vā — either para — of another icchayā — by the wish.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kvacic chaye dharopasthe
kvacit
sometimes
tṛṇa-parṇāśma-bhasmasu
kvacit prāsāda-paryaṅke
śaye
I lie down
dhara-upasthe
on the surface of the earth
tṛṇa
on grass
parṇa
leaves
kaśipau vā parecchayā
aśma
stone
bhasmasu
or a pile of ashes
kvacit
sometimes
prāsāda
in palaces
paryaṅke
on a first-class bedstead
kaśipau
on a pillow
vā
either
para
of another
icchayā
by the wish.
Sometimes I lie on the surface of the earth, sometimes on leaves, grass or stone, sometimes on a pile of ashes, or sometimes, by the will of others, in a palace on a first-class bed with pillows.
Purport

The learned brāhmaṇa’s description indicates different types of births, for one lies down according to one’s body. Sometimes one takes birth as an animal and sometimes as a king. When he takes birth as an animal he must lie down on the ground, and when he takes birth as a king or a very rich man he is allowed to lie in first-class rooms in huge palaces decorated with beds and other furniture. Such facilities are not available, however, at the sweet will of the living entity; rather, they are available by the supreme will ( parecchayā ), or by the arrangement of māyā. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (18.61) :

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” The living entity, according to his material desires, receives different types of bodies, which are nothing but machines offered by material nature according to the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By the will of the Supreme, one must take different bodies with different means for lying down.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Sometimes I lie on the surface of the earth, sometimes on grass, on leaves, on stone, on a pile of ashes, or sometimes, by the will of others, in a palace on a fine bed with pillows. Dharopasthe means “on the lap of the earth.” Medinī says upastha means genital, lap and a temple of Kāmadeva.
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