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Vṛtrāsura's Glorious Death
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īśvara , or god, that is his foolishness. Such foolishness is described in the following verse.
TEXT 12
अविद्वानेवमात्मानं मन्यतेऽनीशमीश्वरम् । भूतैः सृजति भूतानि ग्रसते तानि तैः स्वयम् ॥१२॥
avidvān evam ātmānam   manyate 'nīśam īśvaram   bhūtaiḥ sṛjati bhūtāni   grasate tāni taiḥ svayam
avidvān —one who is foolish, without knowledge;  evam —thus;  ātmānam —himself;  manyate —considers;  anīśam —although totally dependent on others;  īśvaram —as the supreme controller, independent;  bhūtaiḥ —by the living entities;  sṛjati —He (the Lord) creates;  bhūtāni —other living entities;  grasate —He devours;  tāni —them;  taiḥ —by other living beings;  svayam —Himself.
TRANSLATION
A foolish, senseless person cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although always dependent, he falsely thinks himself the Supreme. If one thinks, “According to one’s previous fruitive actions, one’s material body is created by the father and mother, and the same body is annihilated by another agent, as another animal is devoured by a tiger,” this is not proper understanding. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself creates and devours the living beings through other living beings.
PURPORT
According to the conclusion of the philosophy known as  karma-mīmāṁsā , one’s  karma , or previous fruitive activity, is the cause of everything, and therefore there is no need to work. Those who arrive at this conclusion are foolish. When a father creates a child, he does not do so independently; he is induced to do so by the Supreme Lord. As the