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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 5]
tam —unto Him;  ṛtam —the fact;  prapadye —let us offer our respectful obeisances.
TRANSLATION
In the cycle of material activities, the material body resembles the wheel of a mental chariot. The ten senses [five for working and five for gathering knowledge] and the five life airs within the body form the fifteen spokes of the chariot's wheel. The three modes of nature [goodness, passion and ignorance] are its center of activities, and the eight ingredients of nature [earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence and false ego] comprise the rim of the wheel. The external, material energy moves this wheel like electrical energy. Thus the wheel revolves very quickly around its hub or central support, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the Supersoul and the ultimate truth. We offer our respectful obeisances unto Him.
PURPORT
The cycle of repeated birth and death is figuratively described herein. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.5):
apareyam itas tv anyām 
    prakṛtiṁ viddhi me parām 
    jīva-bhūtāṁ mahā-bāho 
    yayedaṁ dhāryate jagat
The entire world is going on because the living entity, who is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, is utilizing the material energy. Under the clutches of the material energy, the  jīvātmā  is revolving on the wheel of birth and death under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The central point is the Supersoul. As explained in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.61):
īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ 
    hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati 
    bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni 
    yantrārūḍhāni māyayā