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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 3]
beasts, birds and all other living entities are sons or parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, but because they are struggling with different mentalities, they have been given different types of bodies ( manaḥ ṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛti-sthāni karṣati ). Thus they have become sons of  prakṛti , or material nature, which is impregnated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Every living entity in this material world is struggling for existence, and the only salvation or relief from the cycle of birth and death in the evolutionary process is full surrender. This is indicated by the word  namaḥ , “I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.”
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सर्वेन्द्रियगुणद्रष्ट्रे सर्वप्रत्ययहेतवे । 
    असताच्छाययोक्ताय सदाभासाय ते नमः ॥ १४ ॥
sarvendriya-guṇa-draṣṭre  
 sarva-pratyaya-hetave  
 asatā cchāyayoktāya  
 sad-ābhāsāya te namaḥ
sarva-indriya-guṇa-draṣṭre —unto the seer of all objectives pursued by the senses;  sarva-pratyaya-hetave —who is the solution to all doubts (and without whose help one cannot solve all doubts and inabilities);  asatā —with the manifestation of unreality or illusion;  chāyayā —because of the resemblance;  uktāya —called;  sat —of reality;  ābhāsāya —unto the reflection;  te —unto You;  namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, You are the observer of all the objectives of the senses. Without Your mercy, there is no possibility of solving the problem of doubts. The material world is just like a shadow resembling You. Indeed, one accepts this material world as real because it gives a glimpse of Your existence.
PURPORT
To paraphrase this verse: “The objectives of sensual activities are actually observed by You. Without Your direction, the living entity cannot