The soul eternally changes bodies like changing apartments; understand this to transcend material illusion.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 2.13 — June 18, 1974, Germany 740618BG-GERMANY [36:55 Minutes] Bg-02.13_740618BG-GERMANY Prabhupāda: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [leads chanting of verse] dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati [Bg. 2.13] [01:55] So dehinaḥ. Dehinaḥ means the one who possesses this body.
That is meaning, the dehinaḥ. Just like in Sanskrit word, guṇinaḥ. Guṇinaḥ means one who has got some special attributes. [child cries, Prabhupāda chuckles, devotees laugh] He..., she is understanding more than anyone else.
[laughter] Yes, yes. So asmin dehe. [child cries again] Now... [laughs] [laughter] He will create disturbance.
Yes. So one profit, one loss. You get a child, and another side, you cannot hear. This is karma-kāṇḍīya.
This is the material world. As soon as you get some profit here, another side loss. As soon as you want to construct a big skyscraper, the another side, digging earth. [laughter] Otherwise, where you get?
You cannot create. The stones and bricks, you cannot create. You have to dig from somewhere else and pile here. And that is advancement of civilization, to be engaged in digging and piling.
[laughter] [chuckles] This is called advancement of civilization. The rascals, they do not think, "Why, uselessly, I am digging and piling? After all, māyā will kick me out, and there will no more digging and piling." But they are very much busy. They cannot come to hear Bhagavad-gītā.