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PURPORT
When we think of our kith and kin being helpless and dependent on us, it is all due to ignorance. Every living creature is allowed all protection by the order of the Supreme Lord in terms of each one's acquired position in the world. The Lord is known as  bhūta-bhṛt , one who gives protection to all living beings. One should discharge his duties only; only the Supreme Lord can give protection to anyone else. This is explained more clearly in the following verse.
TEXT 46
कात्कर्मगुणाधीनो देहोऽयं पाञ्चभौतिकः । कथमन्यांस्तु गोपायेत्सर्पग्रस्तो यथा परम् ॥४६॥
kāla-karma-guṇādhīno deho'yam pāñca-bhautikaḥ katham anyāms tu gopāyet sarpa-grasto yathāparam
kālaḥ—eternal time; karma—action; guṇa—modes of nature; ādhīnaḥ—under the control of; dehaḥ—material body and mind; ayam—this; pāñca—five; bhautikaḥ—made of the five elements; katham—how; anyān—others; tu—but; gopāyet—give protection; sarpa-grastaḥ—one who is bitten by the snake; yathā—as much as; param—others.
TRANSLATION
This gross material body made of five elements is already under the control of eternal time [kāla], action [karma] and the modes of material nature [guṇa]. How, then, can it, being already in the jaws of the serpent, protect others?
PURPORT
The freedom movements of the world and political, economic, social, and cultural propaganda can do no benefit to anyone due to their being controlled by superior power. A conditioned living being is under the full control of material nature represented by eternal time and activities under the dictation of different modes of nature. There are three material modes of nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance. Unless one is situated in the mode of goodness, one cannot see things as they are. The passionate and the ignorant cannot even see things as they are. Therefore a person who is passionate and ignorant cannot direct his activities on the right path. Only the man in the quality of goodness can help to a certain extent. Most persons are passionate and ignorant, and therefore, their plans and projects can hardly do any good to others. Above the modes of nature