Text 16] Bhagavatam is the Answer 569

antah sarire—within the body; akasat—from the sky; purusasya—of
Maha-Visnu; vicestatah—while so trying, or willing; ojah—energy of the
senses; sahah—mental force; balam—bodily strength; jajie—generated;
tatah—thereafter; pranah—living force; mahan asuh—the fountainhead of
everyone’s life.

TRANSLATION
From the sky situated within the transcendental body of the mani-
festing Maha-Visnu, sense energy, mental force and bodily strength are all
generated, as well as the sum total of the fountainhead of the total living
force.
TEXT 16
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AVATAT AT ATAATTM: 112 4
anu prananti yam pranah
pranantam sarva-jantusu
apadnantam apananti
nara-devam ivanugah

anu prananti—follow the living symptoms; yam— whom; pranah—senses;
pranantam—endeavoring; sarva-jantusu—in all living entities; apanantam—
stop endeavoring; apdnanti—all others stop; nara-devam—the king; iva—
like; anugah—the followers.

TRANSLATION
As the followers of the king follow their lord, similarly when the total
energy is in motion, all other living entities move, and when the total
energy stops endeavoring, all other living entities stop sense activities.
PURPORT

The individual living entities are completely dependent on the total
energy of the supreme purusa. No one has independent existence, just as
no electric lamp has independent effulgence. Each and every electrical
instrument depends fully on the total powerhouse; the total powerhouse
