188 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4
PURPORT
The devotees of the Lord, while delivering some speeches and describing
the transcendental attributes of the Lord, do not think that they can do
anything independently. They think that they can speak only what they
are induced to speak by the Supreme Lord, the master of the senses. The
senses of the individual being are not his own, and the devotee knows that
such senses belong to the Supreme Lord and that they can be properly
used when they are employed for the service of the Lord. The senses are
instruments, and elements are ingredients, all endowed by the Lord; there-
fore whatever an individua! can do, speak, see, etc., is under the direction
of the Lord only. The Bhagavad-gita confirms this (Bg. 15.15): sarvasya
caham hrdi sannivisto mattah smrtir jiidnam apohanam ca. No one is free
to act freely and independently, and as such, one should always seek the
permission of the Lord to do or eat or speak, and by the blessing of the
Lord everything done by a devotee is beyond the principles of four defects
typical of the conditioned soul.
TEXT 12
MyAR Tart
Tm TH TT wa
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ARTA |
Tatratafiraa eet
REPATTATRTTHY RR
Sri Suka uvaca
namah parasmai purusdya bhityase
sad-udbhava-sthana-nirodha-lilaya
grhita-sakti-tritayaya dehinam
antarbhavayanupalaksya-vartmane
namah—offering obeisances; parasmai—the Supreme; purusdya—Person-
ality of Godhead; bhityase—unto the complete whole; sad-udbhava—
creation of the material world; sthana—its maintenance; nirodha—and its
winding up; lilaya—by the pastime of; grhita—having accepted; sakti—
power; tritayaya—three modes; dehinam—of all who possess material
