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If the body itself were the soul, there would be no memory of past experiences. This is because the body is constantly changing, from childhood to old age, and so it cannot be the same entity. ||18||
**Meaning:** If the body were the soul, there would be no memory of past experiences, because the body is constantly changing, from childhood to old age, and so it cannot be the same entity. ||18||
The body cannot be the soul because even when a part of the body is lost, there is no memory of what was experienced through that part. This is like a person who has lost a window in their house still remembering what they saw through that window. ||19||
**Meaning:** The body cannot be the soul because even when a part of the body is lost, there is no memory of what was experienced through that part. This is like a person who has lost a window in their house still remembering what they saw through that window. ||19||
There is no fault in the memory being transferred from cause to effect, or from one vasana to another. This is because the fetus does not remember anything from its time in the womb, even though it has experienced the water there. ||20||
**Meaning:** There is no fault in the memory being transferred from cause to effect, or from one vasana to another. This is because the fetus does not remember anything from its time in the womb, even though it has experienced the water there. ||20||