Text 27] Prayers by the Demigods 163
“Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a
superior energy of Mine, which consists of all the living entities who are
struggling with material nature and are sustaining the universe.” Al-
though the material elements emanate from the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krsna, they are separated elements and are sustained by the
living elements.

As indicated by the word dvi-khagah, the living elements within the
body resemble two birds in a tree. Kha means “sky,” and ga means “one
who flies.” Thus the word dvi-khagah refers to birds. In the tree of the
body there are two birds, or two living elements, and they are always dif-
ferent. In Bhagavad-gita (13.3), the Lord says, ksetra-jfiam capi mam
viddhi sarva-ksetresu bharata: ‘“‘O scion of Bharata, you should under-
stand that I am also the knower in all bodies.” The ksetra-jria, the owner
of the body, is also called the khaga, the living entity. Within the body
there are two such ksetra-jfias—the individual soul and the Supersoul.
The individual soul is the owner of his individual body, but the Super-
soul is present within the bodies of all living entities. Such a thorough
analysis and understanding of the bodily structure cannot be obtained
anywhere but in the Vedic literature.

When two birds enter a tree, one may foolishly think that the birds be-
come one or merge with the tree, but actually they do not. Rather, each
bird keeps its individual identity. Similarly, the individual soul and the
Supersoul do not become one, nor do they merge with matter. The living
entity lives close to matter, but this does not mean that he merges or
mixes with it (asargo hy ayar purusah), although material scientists
mistakenly see the organic and inorganic, or animate and inanimate, to
be mixed.

Vedic knowledge has been kept imprisoned or concealed, but every
human being needs to understand it in truth. The modern civilization of
ignorance is simply engaged in analyzing the body, and thus people come
to the erroneous conclusion that the living force within the body is
generated under certain material conditions. People have no information
of the soul, but this verse gives the perfect explanation that there are two
living forces (dvi-khaga): the individual soul and the Supersoul. The
Supersoul is present in every body (iSvarah sarva-bhitanar hrd-dese
’rjuna tisthati), whereas the individual soul is situated only in: his own
body (dehi) and is transmigrating from one body to another.
