1084 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 26

gives maintenance and sustenance to the conditioned soul.

Since the living entity is constitutionally part and parcel of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord is very affectionate to the
living entities. Unfortunately, when the living entity is bewildered or
illusioned by the external energy, he becomes forgetful of his eternal
relationship with the Lord, but as soon as he becomes aware of his
constitutional position, then he is liberated. The minute independence of
the conditioned soul is exhibited by his marginal position. If he likes, he
can forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead and come into the
material existence with a false ego to lord it over material nature, but if
he likes, he can turn his face to the service of the Lord. The individual
living entity is given that independence. His conditional life is ended and
his life becomes successful as soon as he turns his face to the Lord, but by
misusing his independence he enters into material existence. Yet the Lord
is so kind that, as Supersoul, He always remains with the conditioned soul.
The concern of the Lord is neither to enjoy nor to suffer from the material
body. He remains with the jiva simply as sanction-giver and witness so
that the living entity can receive the results of his activities, good or bad.

Outside the body of the conditioned soul, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead remains as the time factor. According to the sankhya system of
philosophy, there are twenty-five elements. The twenty-four elements
already described plus the time factor make twenty-five. According to
some learned philosophers, the Supersoul is included to make a total of
twenty-six elements.

TEXT 19

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daivat ksubhita-dharminyam
svasyam yonau parah puman

ddhatta viryam sasiita
mahat-tattvam hiranmayam

daivat—by the destiny of the conditioned souls; ksubhita—agitated;
dharminyam—whose equilibrium of the modes; svasyam—His own; yonau—
in the womb (material nature); parah puman—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; ddhatta—impregnated; viryam—semina (His internal potency);
sd—she (material nature); asiita—delivered; mahat-tattvam—the sum total
of cosmic intelligence; hiranmayam—known as Hiranmaya.
