Text 21] The Movements of the Living Entities 1337

confirmed in Bhagavad-gita. Mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti
te (Bg. 7.14): whoever surrenders unto the lotus feet of Krsna can get out
of this false conception of life. By the influence of maya only, one forgets
his eternal relationship with Krsna and identifies himself with his body
and the by-products of the body—namely wife, children, society, friend-
ship and love. Thus he becomes a victim of the influence of maya, and his
materialistic life of continued birth and death becomes still more stringent.

TEXT 21

Tee fanaa sali

a hg Bs
GN aM rata

AA VT AZ TAS aT ANE: 122

tasmad aham vigata-viklava uddharisya
atmanam Gu tamasah suhrdatmanaiva

bhityo yatha vyasanam etad aneka-randhram
ma me bhavisyad upasadita-visnu-padah

tasmat—therefore; aham—I;  vigata—ceased; _ viklavah—agitation;
uddharisye—shall deliver; dtmanam—myself; @Su—quickly; tamasah—from
the darkness; suhrda atmana—with friendly intelligence; eva—indeed;
bhityah—again; yatha—so that; vyasanam—plight; etat—this; aneka-
randhram—entering many wombs; ma—not; me—my; bhavisyat—may
occur; upasddita—placed (in my mind); visnu-padah—the lotus feet of
Lord Visnu.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, without being agitated any more, I shall deliver myself from
the darkness of nescience with the help of my friend, clear consciousness.
Simply by keeping the lotus feet of Lord Visnu in my mind, I shall be
saved from entering into the wombs of many mothers for repeated birth

and death.
PURPORT

The miseries of material existence begin from the very day when the
spirit soul takes shelter in the ovum and sperm of the mother and father,
