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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 25]
wanders throughout these various types of bodies and throughout different planets, and thus he is like King Purañjana, who travels all over the world looking for a suitable place to live.
Śrī Narottama dāsa Thākura has sung:  karma-kāṇḍa, jñāna-kāṇḍa, kevala viṣera bhāṇḍa . “The path of  karma-kāṇḍa  [fruitive activities] and the path of  jñāna-kāṇḍa  [speculation] are just like strong pots of poison.”  Amṛta baliyā yebā khāya, nānā yoni sadā phire : “A person who mistakes this poison to be nectar and drinks it travels in different species of life.”  Kadarya bhakṣaṇa kare : “And, according to his body, he eats all types of abominable things.” For instance, when the living entity is in the body of a hog, he eats stool. When the living entity is in the body of a crow, he eats all kinds of refuse, even pus and mucus, and enjoys it. Thus Narottama dāsa Thākura points out that the living entity travels in different types of bodies and eats all kinds of abominable things. When he does not become ultimately happy, he becomes morose or takes to the ways of hippies.
Thus in this verse it is said ( na anurūpam ) that the King could never find a place suitable for his purposes. This is because in any form of life and on any planet in the material world, a living entity cannot be happy because everything in the material world is unsuitable for the spirit soul. As stated in this verse, the living entity independently wants to become a  prabhu , but as soon as he gives up this idea and becomes a servant of God, Kṛṣṇa, his happiness immediately begins. Therefore Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura sings: ( miche )  māyāra vaśe, yāccha bhese’, khāccha hābuḍubu, bhāi . “My dear living entity, why are you being carried away by the waves of  māyā ?” As stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā :
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni yantrārūḍhāni māyayā
“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.” (Bg. 18.61)
The living entity is carried in the machine of the body through so many species of life on so many planets. Therefore Bhaktivinoda Thākura asks the living entity why he is being carried away in these bodily machines to be placed in so many different circumstances. He advises that one surmount the waves of  māyā  by surrendering unto Kṛṣṇa. ( Jīva )  kṛṣṇa-dāsa, e viśvāsa, karle ta’āra duḥkha nāi . As soon as we confront Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa advises: