Text 27] The Residents of Jamhūdvipa Offer Prayers
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Everyone is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exactly like dancing dolls controlled by a puppeteer or a woman controlled by her husband. A woman is compared to a doll ( dārumayī ) because she has no independence. She should always be controlled by a man. Still, due to false prestige, a class of women wants to remain independent. What to speak of women, all living entities are  prakṛti  (female) and therefore dependent on the Supreme Lord, as Kṛṣṇa Himself explains in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( apareyam itas tv anyām prakṛtim viddhi me parām ). The living entity is never independent. Under all circumstances, he is dependent on the mercy of the Lord. The Lord creates the social divisions of human society —  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras  — and ordains that they follow rules and regulations suited to their particular position. In this way, all members of society remain always under the Supreme Lord's control. Still, some people foolishly deny the existence of God.
Self-realization means to understand one's subordinate position in relation to the Lord. When one is thus enlightened, he surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is liberated from the clutches of the material energy. In other words, unless one surrenders to the lotus feet of the Lord, the material energy in its many varieties will continue to control him. No one in the material world can deny that he is under control. The Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa, who is beyond this material existence, controls everyone. The following Vedic  mantra  confirms this point:  eko ha vai nārāyaṇa āsīt . Foolish persons think Nārāyaṇa to be on the platform of ordinary material existence. Because they do not realize the natural constitutional position of the living entity, they concoct names like  daridra-nārāyaṇa ,  svāmi-nārāyaṇa  or  mithyā-nārāyaṇa . However, Nārāyaṇa is actually the supreme controller of everyone. This understanding is self-realization.
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यं लोकपालाः किल मत्सरज्वरा
हित्वा यतन्तोऽपि पृथक् समेत्य च ।
पातुं न शेकुर्द्विपदश्चतुष्पदः
सरीसृपं स्थाणु यदत्र दृश्यते ॥२७॥