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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatan
[Canto 6, Ch. 12]
Lord Himself says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15),  sarvasya cāham hṛdi san-niviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca : “I am in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” Unless one receives dictation from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who sits within everyone’s heart, one cannot be induced to create anything. Therefore the father and mother are not the creators of the living entity. According to the living entity’s  karma , fruitive activities, he is put into the semen of the father, who injects the living entity into the womb of the mother. Then according to the body of the mother and father ( yathā-yoni yathā-bījam ), the living entity accepts a body and takes birth to suffer or enjoy. Therefore the Supreme Lord is the original cause of one’s birth. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is the cause of one’s being killed. No one is independent; everyone is dependent. The true conclusion is that the only independent person is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 13
आयुः श्रीः कीर्तिरैश्वर्यमाशिषः पुरुषस्य याः ।
भवन्त्येव हि तत्काले यथानिच्छोर्विपर्ययाः ॥१३॥
āyuḥ śrīḥ kīrtir aiśvaryam āśiṣaḥ puruṣasya yāḥ bhavanti eva hi tat-kāle yathānicchor viparyayāḥ
āyuḥ—longevity; śrīḥ—opulence; kīrtiḥ—fame; aiśvaryam—power; āśiṣaḥ—benedictions; puruṣasya—of the living entity; yāḥ—which; bhavanti—arise; eva—indeed; hi—certainly; tat-kāle—at that proper time; yathā—just as; anicchoḥ—of one not desiring; viparyayāḥ—reverse conditions.
TRANSLATION
Just as a person not inclined to die must nonetheless give up his longevity, opulence, fame and everything else at the time of death, so, at the appointed time of victory, one can gain all these when the Supreme Lord awards them by His mercy.