Text 20] Bhagavatam is the Answer 573
gets the body of a swine it must be considered the grace of the Lord be-
cause He awards the facility. After death the body is offered by superior
control, and not blindly. A human being, therefore, must be on his guard
as to what sort of body he is going to have in the next life. Irresponsible
life of indiscrimination is risky, and that is the declaration of all scriptures.
TEXT 20
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nasike nirabhidyetam
dodhiiyati nabhasvati
tatra vayur gandha-vaho
ghrano nasi jighrksatah

nasike—in the nostrils; nirabhidyetam—being developed; dodhiiyate—
rapidly blowing; nabhasvati—air respiration; tatra—thereupon; vayuh—air;
gandha-vahah—smelling odor; ghranah—sense of smell; nasi—in the nose;
Jighrksatah—desiring to smell odors.

TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when the supreme purusa desired to smell odors, the
nostrils and respiration generated, the nasal instrument and odors came
into existence, and the controlling deity of air, carrying smell, also became
manifested.
PURPORT

The nasal instrument, odor, and the controlling deity air, smelling, etc.,
all became manifested simultaneously when the Lord desired to smell. The
Vedic mantras confirm this statement in the Upanisads’ statement that
everything is first desired by the Supreme, and then the subordinate living
entity can act upon it. The living entity can see only when the Lord sces,
the living entity can smell when the Lord smells, and so on. The idea is
that the living entity cannot do anything independently. He can simply
think of doing something independently, but he cannot act independently.
This independence of thinking is there by the grace of the Lord, but the
