578 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 10
clutches of the external energy of the Lord, and as long as a living entity
continues to be puffed up by his tiny existence, he is to be understood to
be under the stringent control of the external energy of the Lord, and there
is no question of liberation from the clutches of illusion (maya), however
much one may declare himself a liberated soul.
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afa fart: gat SRA HRT ATTT |
THM Aes ST oH BATH: feeTA TAT: MAUI
gatimn jigisatah padau
ruruhate *bhikamikam
padbhyam yajiiah svayam havyam
karmabhih kriyate nrbhih
gatim—movement; jigisatah—so desiring; padau—the legs; ruruhate—
being manifested; abhikamikam—purposeful; padbhyam—from the legs;
yajnah—acertain demigod of the name Visnu; svayam—personally Himself;
havyam—the duties; karmabhih—by one’s occupational duty; kriyate—
caused to be done; nrbhih—by different human beings.
TRANSLATION
Thereupon, by so desiring to control movement, His legs became
manifested, and from the legs the controlling deity named Visnu generated.
By His personal supervision of this act, all varieties of human being are
busily engaged in dutiful occupational sacrifice.
PURPORT
Every human being is engaged in his particular occupational duty, and
such activities are visible as men go hither and thither. This is very promi-
nently visible in big cities of the world: people are going all over the
cities with great concern, from one place to another. This movement is
not only limited within the cities but is also visible outside the cities from
one place to another, or from one city to another, by different means of
vehicles. They are moving by carsand rails on the roads, by subways within
the earth and by planes in the sky for the purpose of business success. But
