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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 25]
Those conditioned souls, who are full of material desires, achieve various situations in different planetary systems, and in this way they live within this material creation.
PURPORT
In this regard, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura sings,
anādi karama-phale, paḍi' bhavāṃava-jale, taribāre nā dekhi upāya
“My Lord, I do not know when I commenced my material life, but I can certainly experience that I have fallen in the deep ocean of nescience. Now I can also see that there is no other way to get out of it than to take shelter of Your lotus feet.” Similarly, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offers the following prayer:
ayi nanda-tanuja kiṅkaraṁ patitaṁ māṁ viṣame bhavāmbudhau kṛpayā tava pāda-paṅkaja- sthita-dhūlī-sadṛśaṁ vicintaya
“My dear Lord, son of Nanda Mahārāja, I am Your eternal servant. Somehow or other, I have fallen into this ocean of nescience. Kindly, therefore, save me from this horrible condition of materialistic life.”
TEXT 15
एतावतीहि राजनुसः प्रवृत्तिलक्षणस्य धर्मस्य विपाकगतय उच्चावचा विसद्दशा यथाप्रश्नं व्याचर्ये क्रिमन्यत्कथयाम इति ॥ १५ ॥
etāvatīr hi rājan puṁsaḥ pravṛtti-lakṣaṇasya dharmasya vipāka-gataya uccāvacā visadṛśā yathā-praśnaṁ vyācakhye kim anyat kathayāma iti.
etāvatīḥ—of such a kind; hi—certainly; rājan—O King; puṁsaḥ—of the human being; pravṛtti-lakṣaṇasya—symptomized by inclinations; dharmasya—of the execution of duties; vipāka-gatayaḥ—the resultant