मन एव मनुष्यस्य पूर्वरूपाणि शंसति । भविष्यतश्च भद्रं ते तथैव न भविष्यत: ॥ ६६ ॥
mana eva manusyasya purva-rupani samsati bhavisyatas ca bhadram te tathaiva na bhavisyatah
- manah
- the mind
- eva
- certainly
- manusyasya
- of a man
- purva
- past
- rupani
- forms
- samsati
- indicates
- bhavisyatah
- of one who will take birth
- ca
- also
- bhadram
- good fortune
- te
- unto you
- tatha
- thus
- eva
- certainly
- na
- not
- bhavisyatah
- of one who will take birth.
O King, all good fortune unto you! The mind is the cause of the living entity’s attaining a certain type of body in accordance with his association with material nature. According to one’s mental composition, one can understand what the living entity was in his past life as well as what kind of body he will have in the future. Thus the mind indicates the past and future bodies.