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The Elephant Gajendra's Crisis
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fools and rascals do not see by intelligence this supreme authority, the Supreme Person. In the  śruti-mantra  it is said:
bhīṣāsmād vātaḥ pavate bhīṣodeti sūryaḥ bhīṣāsmād agniś candraś ca mṛtyur dhāvati pañcamaḥ (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.8)
It is out of fear of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that the wind is blowing, that the sun is distributing heat and light, and that death is chasing everyone. Thus there is a supreme controller, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.10):  mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ sūyate sacarācaram . This material manifestation is working so well because of the supreme controller. Any intelligent person, therefore, can understand that there is a supreme controller. Furthermore, the supreme controller Himself appears as Lord Kṛṣṇa, as Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and as Lord Rāmacandra to give us instructions and to show us by example how to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Yet those who are  duṣkṛtī , the lowest of men, do not surrender ( na mām duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ ).
In  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord clearly says,  mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham : "I am all-devouring death." Thus  mṛtyu , or death, is the representative who takes everything away from the living entity who has accepted a material body. No one can say, "I do not fear death." This is a false proposition. Everyone fears death. However, one who seeks shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be saved from death. One may argue, "Does the devotee not die?" The answer is that a devotee certainly must give up his body, for the body is material. The difference is, however, that for one who surrenders to Kṛṣṇa fully and who is protected by Kṛṣṇa, the present body is his last; he will not again receive a material body to be subjected to death. This is assured in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.9).  Tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna : a devotee, after giving up his body, does not accept a material body, but returns home, back to Godhead. We are always in danger because at any moment death can take place. It is not that only Gajendra, the King of the