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[Canto 6, Ch. 16]
tivities comes from the Supreme Lord, and when the Lord withdraws this power, the conditioned soul no longer has energy with which to act through his various senses. The body includes five knowledge-acquiring senses, five active senses and the mind, but actually these are merely lumps of matter. For example, the brain is nothing but matter, but when electrified by the energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the brain can act, just as iron can burn when made red-hot by the influence of fire. The brain can act while we are awake or even while we are dreaming, but when we are fast asleep or unconscious the brain is inactive. Since the brain is a lump of matter, it does not have independent power with which to act. It can act only when favored by the influence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is Brahman or Parabrahman. This is the way to understand how the Supreme Brahman, Kṛṣṇa, is present everywhere, just as the sunshine is present because of the sun-god in the sun globe. The Supreme Lord is called Hṛṣikeśa; He is the only conductor of the senses. Unless empowered by His energy, our senses cannot act. In other words, He is the only seer, the only worker, the only listener, and the only active principle or supreme controller.
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ॐ नमो भगवते महापुरुषाय महानुभावाय महाविभूतिपतये सकल- सात्वतपरिवृद्धनिकरकरकमलकुड्मलोपलालितचरणारविन्दयुगल परमपरमेष्ठि नमस्ते ॥ २५ ॥
oṁ namo bhagavate mahā-puruṣāya mahānubhāvāya mahā-vibhūti- pataye sakala-sātvata-parivṛḍha-nikara-kara-kamala-kuḍmalopalālita- caraṇāravinda-yugala parama-parameṣṭhin namas te.
oṁ—O Supreme Personality of Godhead; namaḥ—respectful obei- sances; bhagavate—unto You, the Lord, who are full in six opulences; mahā-puruṣāya—the supreme enjoyer; mahā-anubhāvāya—the most perfect realized soul, or the Supersoul; mahā-vibhūti-pataye—the master of all mystic power; sakala-sātvata-parivṛḍha—of all the best devotees; nikara—of the multitude; kara-kamala—of the lotus hands; kuḍmala—by the buds; upalālita—served; caraṇa-aravinda-yugala—