जीव उवाच कस्मिञ्जन्मन्यमी मह्यं पितरो मातरोऽभवन् । कर्मभिर्भ्राम्यमाणस्य देवतिर्यङ्नृयोनिषु ॥ ४ ॥
jiva uvaca kasmin janmany ami mahyam pitaro mataro ’bhavan karmabhir bhramyamanasya deva-tiryan-nr-yonisu
- jivah uvaca
- the living entity said
- kasmin
- in which
- janmani
- birth
- ami
- all those
- mahyam
- to me
- pitarah
- fathers
- matarah
- mothers
- abhavan
- were
- karmabhih
- by the results of fruitive action
- bhramyamanasya
- who am wandering
- deva-tiryak
- of the demigods and the lower animals
- nr
- and of the human species
- yonisu
- in the wombs.
By the mystic power of Narada Muni, the living entity reentered his dead body for a short time and spoke in reply to Narada Muni’s request. He said: According to the results of my fruitive activities, I, the living being, transmigrate from one body to another, sometimes going to the species of the demigods, sometimes to the species of lower animals, sometimes among the vegetables, and sometimes to the human species. Therefore, in which birth were these my mother and father? No one is actually my mother and father. How can I accept these two people as my parents?