Text 21]
Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons
81
TEXT 21
भूतानामिह संवासः प्रपायामिव सुव्रते । दैवेनैकत्र नीतानामुत्रीतानां स्वकर्ममिः ॥२१॥
bhūtānām iha saṁvāsaḥ prapāyām iva suvrate daivenaikatra nītānām unnītānām sva-karmabhiḥ
bhūtānām—of all living entities; iha—in this material world; saṁvāsaḥ—the living together; prapāyām—in a place for drinking cold water; iva—like; su-vrate—O my gentle mother; daivena—by the superior arrangement; ekatra—in one place; nītānām—of those brought; unnītānām—of those led apart; sva-karmabhiḥ—by their own reactions.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, in a restaurant or place for drinking cold water, many travelers are brought together, and after drinking water they continue to their respective destinations. Similarly, living entities join together in a family, and later, as a result of their own actions, they are led apart to their destinations.
PURPORT
prakṛteḥ kriyamāṇāni guṇaiḥ karmāṇi sarvaśaḥ ahaṅkāra-vimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyate
“The bewildered soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature.” (Bg. 3.27) All living entities act exactly according to the directions of  prakṛti , material nature, because in the material world we are fully under a higher control. All the living entities in this material world have come here only because they wanted to be equal to