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Who happily resides in the city of NINE gates of the body?
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakthivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder
Acharya, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, explains the
words of Krishna in BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS (C-5, T-13):
sarva-karmani manasa
sannyasyaste sukham vasi
nava-dvare pure dehi
naiva kurvan na karayan
TRANSLATION
When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally
renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the
material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.
PURPORT
The embodied soul lives in the city of nine gates. The activities of
the body, or the figurative city of body, are conducted automatically by
the particular modes of nature. The soul, although subjecting himself
to the conditions of the body, can be beyond those conditions, if he so
desires. Owing only to forgetfulness of his superior nature, he
identifies with the material body, and therefore suffers. By Krsna
consciousness, he can revive his real position and thus come out of his
embodiment. Therefore, when one takes to Krsna consciousness, one at
once becomes completely aloof from bodily activities. In such a
controlled life, in which his deliberations are changed, he lives
happily within the city of nine gates. The nine gates are described as
follows:
nava-dvare pure dehi
hamso lelayate bahih
vasi sarvasya lokasya
sthavarasya carasya ca
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within the body of a
living entity, is the controller of all living entities all over the
universe. The body consists of nine gates [two eyes, two nostrils, two
ears, one mouth, the anus and the genitals]. The living entity in his
conditioned stage identifies himself with the body, but when he
identifies himself with the Lord within himself, he becomes just as free
as the Lord, even while in the body." (Svetasvatara Upanisad 3.18)
Therefore, a Krsna conscious person is free from both the outer and
inner activities of the material body.
![Picture sent by Dibyashree Mandal
Who happily resides in the city of NINE gates of the body?
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakthivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, Founder Acharya, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, explains the words of Krishna in BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS (C-5, T-13):
sarva-karmani manasa
sannyasyaste sukham vasi
nava-dvare pure dehi
naiva kurvan na karayan
TRANSLATION
When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.
PURPORT
The embodied soul lives in the city of nine gates. The activities of the body, or the figurative city of body, are conducted automatically by the particular modes of nature. The soul, although subjecting himself to the conditions of the body, can be beyond those conditions, if he so desires. Owing only to forgetfulness of his superior nature, he identifies with the material body, and therefore suffers. By Krsna consciousness, he can revive his real position and thus come out of his embodiment. Therefore, when one takes to Krsna consciousness, one at once becomes completely aloof from bodily activities. In such a controlled life, in which his deliberations are changed, he lives happily within the city of nine gates. The nine gates are described as
follows:
nava-dvare pure dehi
hamso lelayate bahih
vasi sarvasya lokasya
sthavarasya carasya ca
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within the body of a living entity, is the controller of all living entities all over the universe. The body consists of nine gates [two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, one mouth, the anus and the genitals]. The living entity in his conditioned stage identifies himself with the body, but when he identifies himself with the Lord within himself, he becomes just as free as the Lord, even while in the body." (Svetasvatara Upanisad 3.18) Therefore, a Krsna conscious person is free from both the outer and inner activities of the material body.](https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/480941_553667234664357_1825342324_n.jpg)
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