Text 26] What Prahlāda Learned in the Womb
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pletely in trance. In  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15) the Lord says,  sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca : “I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” The living entities are completely absorbed in the three states of wakefulness, dreaming and deep sleep through their intelligence. This intelligence is supplied by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who accompanies the individual soul as a friend. Śrīla Madhvācārya says that the living entity is sometimes described as  sattva-buddhi  when his intelligence acts directly to perceive pains and pleasures above activities. There is a dreaming state in which understanding comes from the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca ). The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul, is the supreme controller, and under His direction the living entities are subcontrollers. One must understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead with one’s intelligence.
TEXT 26
एभिस्त्रिवर्णैः पर्यस्तैर्बुद्धिभेदैः क्रियोद्धवैः । स्वरूपमात्मनो बुध्येद् गन्धैर्वायुमिवान्वयात् ॥२६॥
ebhis tri-varṇaiḥ paryastair buddhi-bhedaiḥ kriyodbhavaiḥ svarūpam ātmano budhyed gandhair vāyum ivānvayāt
ebhiḥ —by these;  tri-varṇaiḥ —composed of the three modes of nature;  paryastaiḥ —completely rejected (due to not touching the living force);  buddhi —of intelligence;  bhedaiḥ —the differentiations;  kriyā-udbhavaiḥ —produced from different activities;  svarūpam —the constitutional position;  ātmanaḥ —of the self;  budhyet —one should understand;  gandhaiḥ —by the aromas;  vāyum —the air;  iva —exactly like;  anvayāt —from close connection.
TRANSLATION
As one can understand the presence of the air by the aromas it carries, so, under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of