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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 14]
the Lord, who is always with him in any form of body. The living entity desires a particular type of material enjoyment, and thus the Lord supplies him with a body, which is like a machine. Just to keep him alive in that body, the Lord remains with him as the  puruṣa  (Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu). This is also confirmed in  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.35):
eko 'py asau racayituṁ jagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayā yad-antaḥ aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
“I worship the Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who enters the existence of every universe and every atom by one of His plenary portions and thus manifests His infinite energy throughout the material creation.” The living entity, being part and parcel of the Lord, is known as  jīva . The Supreme Lord  puruṣa  remains with the  jīva  to enable him to enjoy material facilities.
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तेष्वेव मगवान्राजंस्तारतम्येन वर्तते । तस्मात् पात्रं हि पुरुषो यावानात्मा यथेयते ॥३८॥
teṣv eva bhagavān rājaṁs tāratamyena vartate tasmāt pātraṁ hi puruṣo yāvān ātmā yatheyate
teṣu —among the different types of bodies (demigod, human, animal, bird, etc.);  eva —indeed;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Paramātmā feature;  rājan —O King;  tāratamyena —comparatively, more or less;  vartate —is situated;  tasmāt —therefore;  pātraṁ —the Supreme Person;  hi —indeed;  puruṣaḥ —Paramātmā;  yāvān —as far as;  ātmā —the degree of understanding;  yathā —development of austerity and penance;  īyate —is manifest.
TRANSLATION
O King Yudhiṣṭhira, the Supersoul in every body gives intelligence to the individual soul according to his capacity for under-