Text 16] The Movements of the Living Entities 1329

The activities of the conditioned souls under the influence of material
nature are explained here. Every conditioned soul is engaged in different
types of work under the influence of material nature. We can sce in the
material world that the conditioned soul acts so powerfully that he is
playing wonderfully in creating the so-called advancements of material
civilization for sense gratification. But actually his position is to know
that he is an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. When he is actually in
perfect knowledge, he knows that the Lord is the supreme worshipful
object and that the living entity is His eternal servant. Without this
knowledge, he engages in material activities; that is called ignorance.

TEXT 16

We TIaqyenqa: A eq-
dated farataaattaia: |

4. taauadtvardaa-
RUTANTIAATT TH AAA EI

Jiianam yad etad adadhat katamah sa devas
trai-kalikam sthira-caresv anuvartitamsah

tam jiva-karma-padavim anuvartamanas
tapa-trayopasamanaya vayam bhajema

Jiidnam—knowledge; yat—which; etat—this; adadhat—gave; katamah—
who other than; sa—that; devah—the Personality of Godhead; trai-kdlikam
—of the three phases of time; sthira-caresu—in the inanimate and animate
objects; anuvartita—dwelling; amsah—His partial representation; tam—unto
Him; jiva—of the jiva souls; karma-padavim-the path of fruitive activities;
anuvartamanah—who are pursuing; tdpa-traya—from the threefold miseries;
upasamandya—for getting free; vayam—we; bhajema—must surrender.

TRANSLATION

No one other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as the
localized Paramatma, the partial representation of the Lord, is directing all
inanimate and animate objects. He is present in the three phases of time—
past, present and future. Therefore, the conditioned soul is engaged in
different activities by His direction, and in order to get free from the
threefold miseries of this conditional life, we have to surrender unto Him
only.
