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person. The basic variation is due to the alloyed nature of
the fallen jiva souls, and then due to the various places,
languages, and origins the variations become multifarious.
All these multifarious doctrines of varied nature can be
properly analyzed and understood by that person alone
who has traveled all the places of the world by learning all
those respective languages and who has studied the various
traditions of those places.”

To understand why there are divergent answers to a question
one must analyze the influence of the material energy on
the jiva soul and ascertain the particular way the person
is affected. There are myriad varieties of culture, language,
customs, food, dress, etc., that can attract the mind of
persons and cause their mind to be attached to a particular
set of objects of sense enjoyment. This false attachment and
contemplation denatures the person’s ability to see the truth
clearly. This is also explained in the seventeenth chapter of
the Bhagavad-gita.

“O son of Bharata, according to one’s existence under the
various modes of nature, one evolves a particular kind of
faith. The living being is said to be of a particular faith
according to the modes he has acquired.” (Bg 17.3)

In the purport to this verse, Srila Prabhupada details the
transcendental origin of the living entity and the process
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