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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 10]
clutches of the external energy of the Lord, and as long as a living entity continues to be puffed up by his tiny existence, he is to be understood to be under the stringent control of the external energy of the Lord, and there is no question of liberation from the clutches of illusion ( māyā ), however much one may declare himself a liberated soul.
TEXT 25
गतिं जिगीषतः पादौ रुहातेऽभिकामिकाम् । पद्भ्यां यज्ञः स्वयं हव्यं कर्मभिः क्रियते नृभिः ॥२५॥
gatim jigīṣataḥ pādau ruruhāte 'bhikāmikām padbhyām yajñaḥ svayam havyam karmabhiḥ kriyate nṛbhiḥ
gatim —movement;  jigīṣataḥ —so desiring;  pādau —the legs;  ruruhāte —being manifested;  abhikāmikām —purposeful;  padbhyām —from the legs;  yajñaḥ —a certain demigod of the name  Viṣṇu ;  svayam —personally Himself;  havyam —the duties;  karmabhiḥ —by one's occupational duty;  kriyate —caused to be done;  nṛbhiḥ —by different human beings.
TRANSLATION
Thereupon, by so desiring to control movement, His legs became manifested, and from the legs the controlling deity named  Viṣṇu  generated. By His personal supervision of this act, all varieties of human being are busily engaged in dutiful occupational sacrifice.
PURPORT
Every human being is engaged in his particular occupational duty, and such activities are visible as men go hither and thither. This is very prominently visible in big cities of the world: people are going all over the cities with great concern, from one place to another. This movement is not only limited within the cities but is also visible outside the cities from one place to another, or from one city to another, by different means of vehicles. They are moving by cars and rails on the roads, by subways within the earth and by planes in the sky for the purpose of business success. But