Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 4 Chapter 29:78-85

Book 4: Chapter 29

Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 4: Chapter 29: Verses 78-85 The Dialogue between king Pracinabarhi and the sage Narada (continued) When a Jiva resorts to actions again and again, thinking of the pleasures enjoyed (by it) through the senses, it is bound by such actions of the body so long as they continue to be performed by it through ignorance. Therefore, in order to get rid of this bondage, worship Sri Hari with all your being, looking on this universe as one with Him inasmuch as it proceeds from Him, stays in Him and is (also) dissolved in Him. Maitreya continued : Having (thus) revealed the truth about the swans (in the shape of the soul and the Oversoul) and taking leave of king Pracinabarhi, the glorious Narada, the foremost among the devotees of the Lord, then proceeded to the abode of the Siddhas (a class of superhuman beings naturally endowed with mystic powers). Leaving instructions for his sons to take care of the people, the royal sage Pracinabarhi (too) retired to the hermitage of the sage Kapila (at the mouth of the Ganga) for practising asceticism. Constantly and devoutly adoring the lotus-feet of Lord Govinda with a concentrated mind and completely rid of attachment, the hero attained (after death) a form similar to the Lord's. He who reads (to others) and (even so) he who listens to this allegorical dissertation on the Spirit, delivered by the celestial sage (Narada), O pure-hearted Vidura, is rid once for all of his subtle body. He who assimilates, as sung (by others), this self-purifying discourse-that issued from the lips of the sage Narada (the foremost of celestial seers) and sanctifies the whole world through the glory of Lord Visnu and which confers the highest reward (in the form of final beatitude)-is freed from all bondage and no longer revolves in (the whirligig of) metempsychosis. Thus have I understood the meaning of this wonderful allegorical teaching on the subject of the Spirit. With the help of this the self-identification of a Jiva (embodied soul) with Buddhi (that has been depicted here as a woman) is eradicated and all doubts regarding life after death resolved. Thus ends the twenty-ninth discourse entitled "The Dialogue between king Pracinabarhi and the sage Narada," forming part of the Dialogue between Vidura and Maitreya, in Book Four of the great and glorious Bhagavata-Purana, otherwise known as the Paramahamsa-Samhita.