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The Movements of the Living Entities
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never subjected to the influence of material nature. Material nature is always under His control, and it is therefore not possible that material nature can control the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Since the identity of the living entity is very minute, he is prone to be subjected to material nature, but when he is freed from this material body, which is false, then he attains the same spiritual nature as the Supreme Lord. At that time there is no qualitative difference between him and the Supreme Lord, but because he is not so quantitatively powerful as to never be put under the influence of material nature, he is quantitatively different from the Lord.
The entire process of devotional service is to purify oneself of this contamination of material nature and put oneself on the spiritual platform where he is qualitatively one with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the  Vedas  it is said that the living entity is always free.  Asango hy ayam puruṣaḥ . The living entity is liberated. His material contamination is temporary, and his actual position is that he is liberated. This liberation is achieved by  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness, which begins from the point of surrender. Therefore it is said here, “I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Person.”
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यन्माययोरुगुणकर्मनिबन्धनेऽस्मिन्
सांसारिके पथि चरंस्तदमिश्रमेण ।
नष्टस्मृतिः पुनरयं प्रवृणीत लोकं
युक्त्या कया महदनुग्रहमन्तरेण ॥१५॥
yan-māyayoru-guṇa-karma-nibandhane 'smin sāmsārike pathi carams tad-abhiśrameṇa naṣṭa-smṛtiḥ punar ayam pravṛṇīta lokam yuktyā kayā mahad-anugraham antareṇa
yat —of the Lord;  māyayā —by the  māyā ;  uru-guṇa —arising from the great modes;  karma —activities;  nibandhane —with bonds;  asmin —this;  sāmsārike —of repeated birth and death;  pathi —on the path;  caran —wandering;  tat —of him;  abhiśrameṇa —with great pains;  naṣṭa —lost;  smṛtiḥ —memory;  punaḥ —again;  ayam —this living entity;  pravṛṇīta —may realize;  lokam —his true nature;  yuktyā kayā —by what means;  mahat-anugraham —the mercy of the Lord;  antareṇa —without.