Condition of our mind
Rammohan G
Srimad-Bhagavatam - Canto 4 Chapter 29 Text 53
yathanumiyate cittam
ubhayair indriyehitaih
evam prag-dehajam karma
laksyate citta-vrttibhih
yatha -- as; anumiyate -- can be imagined; cittam -- one's consciousness or mental condition; ubhayaih -- both; indriya -- of the senses; ihitaih -- by the activities; evam -- similarly; prak -- previous; dehajam -- performed by the body; karma -- activities;
laksyate -- can be perceived; citta -- of consciousness; vrttibhih -- by the occupations.
TRANSLATION
One can understand the mental or conscious position of a living entity by the activities of two kinds of senses -- the knowledge -- acquiring senses and the executive senses. Similarly, by the mental condition or consciousness of a person, one can understand his position in the previous life.
PURPORT
There is an En glish proverb that says, "The face is the index of the mind." If one is angry, his anger is immediately expressed in his face. Similarly, other mental states are reflected by the actions of the gross body. In other words, the activities of the
gross body are reactions of the mental condition. The mind's activities are thinking, feeling and willing. The willing portion of the mind is manifest by the activities of the body. The conclusion is that by the activities of the body and senses, we can understand
the condition of the mind. The condition of the mind is affected by past activities in the past body. When the mind is joined with a particular sense, it immediately becomes manifest in a certain way. For instance, when there is anger in the mind, the tongue
vibrates so many maledictions. Similarly, when the mind's anger is expressed through the hand, there is fighting. When it is expressed through the leg, there is kicking. There are so many ways in which the subtle activiti es of the mind are expressed through
the various senses. The mind of a person in Krsna consciousness also acts in a similar way. The tongue chants Hare Krsna, the maha-mantra, the hands are raised in ecstasy, and the legs dance in Krsna consciousness. These symptoms are technically called asta-sattvika-vikara
[Cc. Antya 14.99]. Sattvika-vikara is transformation of the mental condition in goodness or sometimes transcendental ecstasy.
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