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Hiraṇyakaśipu, King of the Demons
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pens. The examples given in this regard are practical. Everyone has had such practical experiences, and there are also many other clear examples. For instance, Prahlāda Mahārāja said that a child is certainly dependent on his father and mother, but in spite of their presence, the child is harassed in many ways. Sometimes, in spite of a supply of good medicine and an experienced physician, a patient does not survive. Therefore, since everything is dependent on the free will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, our only duty is to surrender unto Him and seek His protection.
TEXT 41
भूतानि तैस्तैनिजयोनिकर्मभि- 
    भवन्ति काले न भवन्ति सर्वशः । 
    न तत्र हात्मा प्रकृतावपि स्थित- 
    स्तस्या गुणैरन्यतमो हि बध्यते ॥४१॥
bhūtāni tais tair nija-yoni-karmabhir 
    bhavanti kāle na bhavanti sarvaśaḥ 
    na tatra hātmā prakṛtāv api sthitas 
    tasyā guṇair anyatamo hi badhyate
bhūtāni —all the bodies of the living entities;  taiḥ taiḥ —their own respective;  nija-yoni —causing their own bodies;  karmabhiḥ —by past activities;  bhavanti —appear;  kāle —in due course of time;  na bhavanti —disappear;  sarvaśaḥ —in all respects;  na —not;  tatra —there;  ha —indeed;  ātmā —the soul;  prakṛtau —within this material world;  api —although;  sthitaḥ —situated;  tasyāḥ —of her (the material energy);  guṇaiḥ —by different modes;  anya-tamaḥ —most different;  hi —indeed;  badhyate —is bound.
TRANSLATION
Every conditioned soul receives a different type of body according to his work, and when the engagement is finished the body is finished. Although the spirit soul is situated in subtle and gross material bodies in different forms of life, he is not bound by them,