1110 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24
creation in the form of a partial expansion (Paramatma), and He enters
also by His separated parts and parcels (the living entities). In other words,
both the living entities and the Supreme Personality of Godhead enter into
the material creation just to make it active. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:
apareyam itas tv anyam
prakrtim viddhi me param
jiva-bhutam maha-baho
yayedam dharyate jagat
‘Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior
energy of Mine, which are all living entities who are struggling with
material nature and are sustaining the universe.” (Bg. 7.5)

Since the material world cannot work independently, the living entities
enter into the material manifestation in four different types of bodies.
The word catur-vidham is significant in this verse. There are four types of
living entities born within this material world. Some are born by way of an
embryo (jarayu-ja), by way of eggs (anda-ja), perspiration (sveda-ja), and,
like the trees, by way of seeds (udbhij-ja). Regardless of how these living
entities appear, they are all busy in the pursuit of sense enjoyment.

The materialistic scientists’ contention that living entities other than
human beings have no soul is nullified herein. Whether they are born
through an embryo, eggs, perspiration or seeds, all living entities in the
8,400,000 species of life are parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, and each therefore is an individual spiritual spark and soul.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead also remains within the heart of the
living entity, regardless of whether the living entity is a man, animal, tree,
germ or microbe. The Lord resides in everyone’s heart, and because all
living entities who come to this material world do so in order to fulfill
their desire for sense enjoyment, the Lord directs the living entities to
enjoy their senses. Thus the Paramatma, the Supreme Personality of God-
head, knows everyone’s desires. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto

mattah smrtir jianam apohanam ca
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance,
knowledge and forgetfulness.” (Bg. 15.15)

Remaining within the hearts of all living entities, the Lord bestows
remembrance by which the living entities can enjoy certain things. Thus
the living entities create their enjoyable honeycombs and then enjoy them.
The example of the bees is appropriate because when bees try to enjoy
their honeycomb, they have to suffer the bites of other bees. Because bees
