एकस्मिन्वासनादेहे यदि चान्यस्य भावना ।
तर्हि तत्साम्यमेव स्याद्यथा वै भरते नृपे ॥
ekasmin vāsanā-dehe yadi cānyasya bhāvanā |
tarhi tat-sāmyam eva syād yathā vai bharate nṛpe ||
(Bhakti-tattva-kaumudī; cited in Gaura-Govindārcana-smaraṇa-paddhati (149) of Gopāla Guru Gosvāmī and Dhyānacandra Govsāmī (152))
“If thought of another [body] occurs while in one cognitional body, then likeness with that specifically shall occur [i.e., then one will attain a body like the one that was thought of], as in the case of King Bharata [who attained the body of a deer after being prolongedly absorbed in thought of a deer he had taken into his care].”
Commentary
A variant of vāsanā-dehe as manasi dehe is also listed in the publication of the paddhatis by Śrī Hari Dāsa Dāsa Mahārāja. The meaning according to this variant is as follows: “If thought of another [body] occurs while in one mental body, then … [the rest is same].”