विषयाभिनिवेशेन नात्मानं यत् स्मरेत् पुन: । जन्तोर्वै कस्यचिद्धेतोर्मृत्युरत्यन्तविस्मृति: ॥ ३९ ॥
viṣayābhiniveśena nātmānaṁ yat smaret punaḥ jantor vai kasyacid dhetor mṛtyur atyanta-vismṛtiḥ
- viṣaya
- in (new) objects of perception
- abhiniveśena
- because of absorption
- na
- not
- ātmānam
- his previous self
- yat
- the situation in which
- smaret
- remembers
- punaḥ
- any more
- jantoḥ
- of the living entity
- vai
- indeed
- kasyacit hetoḥ
- for any reason or other
- mṛtyuḥ
- known as death
- atyanta
- total
- vismṛtiḥ
- forgetfulness
When the living entity passes from the present body to the next body, which is created by his own karma, he becomes absorbed in the pleasurable and painful sensations of the new body and completely forgets the experience of the previous body. This total forgetfulness of one’s previous material identity, which comes about for one reason or another, is called death.