Text 51]
The History of the Life of Ajāmila
71
You kindly pick me up and fix me as one of the particles of dust at Your lotus feet, that will save me.”
In a similar way, Bhaktivinoda Thākura sang:
anādi karama-phale, paḍi' bhavārṇava-jale, taribāre nā dekhi upāya
“My dear Lord, I cannot remember when I somehow or other fell into this ocean of nescience, and now I can find no way to rescue myself.” We should remember that everyone is responsible for his own life. If an individual becomes a pure devotee of Kṛṣṇa, he is then delivered from the ocean of nescience.
TEXT 51
तदेतत् शोडशकलं लिङ्गं शक्तित्रयं महत् । धसेऽनुसंसृतिं पुंसि हर्षशोकमयातिदाम् ॥५१॥
tad etat ṣoḍaśa-kalam liṅgaṁ śakti-trayaṁ mahat dhatte 'nusaṁsṛtiṁ puṁsi harṣa-śoka-bhayārtidām
tat —therefore;  etat —this;  ṣoḍaśa-kalam —made of sixteen parts (namely the ten senses, the mind and the five sense objects);  liṅgam —the subtle body;  śakti-trayam —the effect of the three modes of material nature;  mahat —insurmountable;  dhatte —gives;  anusaṁsṛtiṁ —almost perpetual rotation and transmigration in different types of bodies;  puṁsi —unto the living entity;  harṣa —jubilation;  śoka —lamentation;  bhaya —fear;  ārti —misery;  dām —which gives.
TRANSLATION
The subtle body is endowed with sixteen parts—the five knowledge-acquiring senses, the five working senses, the five objects of sense gratification, and the mind. This subtle body is an effect of the three modes of material nature. It is composed of insurmountably strong desires, and therefore it causes the living entity