PLATE SEVEN

‘‘The material world is like a vast ocean of death and suffering,
and the living beings floundering in this ocean are all controlled by
Durga, the personification of the Supreme Lord’s material energy.
Durga carries a trident, which represents the threefold miseries of
life— miseries caused by the mind and body, miseries caused by
other living creatures, and miseries caused by the forces of nature.
By practicing bhakti-yoga, pure devotion to Krsna, one can free
oneself from Durga’s superintendence and return to the spiritual
world.”” (pp. 116-17)

