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Bhagavad-gītā 14.15
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 15
- रजसि प्रलयं गत्वा कर्मसङ्गिषु जायते ।
- तथा प्रलीनस्तमसि मूढयोनिषु जायते ॥१५॥
- rajasi pralayaṁ gatvā
- karma-saṅgiṣu jāyate
- tathā pralīnas tamasi
- mūḍha-yoniṣu jāyate
rajasiin passion — in passion; pralayamdissolution — dissolution; gatvāattaining — attaining; karmain the association of those engaged in fruitive activities-saṅgiṣuin the association of those engaged in fruitive activities — in the association of those engaged in fruitive activities; jāyatetakes birth — takes birth; tathāsimilarly — similarly; pralīnaḥbeing dissolved — being dissolved; tamasiin ignorance — in ignorance; mūḍhain animal species-yoniṣuin animal species — in animal species; jāyatetakes birth — takes birth.
When one dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth among those engaged in fruitive activities; and when one dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom.
Some people have the impression that when the soul reaches the platform of human life it never goes down again. This is incorrect. According to this verse, if one develops the mode of ignorance, after his death he is degraded to an animal form of life. From there one has to again elevate himself, by an evolutionary process, to come again to the human form of life. Therefore, those who are actually serious about human life should take to the mode of goodness and in good association transcend the modes and become situated in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. This is the aim of human life. Otherwise, there is no guarantee that the human being will again attain to the human status.