Only by becoming undisturbed by sensory temptations can the soul escape maya and achieve eternal liberation.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Bhagavad-gītā 2.15 [with Spanish translator] — February 15, 1975, Mexico City 750215BG-MEXICO CITY [42:00 Minutes] BG-02.15_750215BG-MEXICO CITY [translated throughout by Hṛdayānanda] Nitāi: Bhagavad-gītā, Second Chapter, fifteenth verse. [indistinct] yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate [Bg. 2.15] [break] Hṛdayānanda: [leads recital of verse translation in Spanish] [break] [01:14]
Prabhupāda: yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate [Bg. 2.15] So we have been discussing for the last four days about the constitutional position of the soul. First thing, we have discussed that the living being... This body is not the living being, but the living being is within the body. Just like the motorcar is not the driver; the driver is within the motorcar.
Now, that driver, or the soul within the body, is immortal, and it is transmigrating from one body to another. So this transmigration from one body to another is not very good business. Just like if you are living in some apartment and you have to change immediately for another, immediately for another, do you not get disgusted? Naturally we desire that "If I get some permanent apartment, it is very good." Actually we want that.
Nobody wants to die. Even a person or living being in the most wretched condition of life, if you propose that "Let me kill you," he'll not agree. Therefore the psychology is that every living being does not want to die. So..., but actually we are not subject to death or birth.
That will be discussed. We have somehow or other, by chance or by coincidence, we have acquired this material body. Actually it is not by chance, but we wanted to lord it over the material world; therefore we have got this material body. So everyone in this material world, either human being or animals or birds and beast, is trying to be the lord of the universe. Therefore, if we actually want relief from this constant change of transmigration, then we must prepare for that.
We have already discussed that we can get our next life as we prepare for it. If I like, I can go to the higher planetary system; if I like, I can go to the lower planetary system; if I like, you can go to the beastly life or godly life. As I desire, I'll get. The Lord is situated in my heart and in your heart, and He is working...
He's staying; He hasn't got to work. He's staying to see my activities. And He also understands what is my desire. Accordingly, He offers a machine.