Text 27] The Residents of Jambidvipa Offer Prayers 201

Everyone is under the control of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
exactly like dancing dolls controlled by a puppeteer or a woman con-
trolled by her husband. A woman is compared to a doll (darumayi)
because she has no independence. She should always be controlled by a
man. Still, due to false prestige, a class of women wants to remain inde-
pendent. What to speak of women, all living entities are prakrti (female)
and therefore dependent on the Supreme Lord, as Krsna Himself ex-
plains in Bhagavad-gita (apareyam itas tv anyam prakrtim viddhi me
param). The living entity is never independent. Under all circumstances,
he is dependent on the mercy of the Lord. The Lord creates the social
divisions of human society — brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sitdras —
and ordains that they follow rules and regulations suited to their particu-
lar position. In this way, all members of society remain always under the
Supreme Lord’s control. Still, some people foolishly deny the existence
of God.

Self-realization means to understand one’s subordinate position in
relation to the Lord. When one is thus enlightened, he surrenders to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead and is liberated from the clutches of the
material energy. In other words, unless one surrenders to the lotus feet
of the Lord, the material energy in its many varieties will continue to
control him. No one in the material world can deny that he is under con-
trol. The Supreme Lord, Narayana, who is beyond this material exis-
tence, controls everyone. The following Vedic mantra confirms this
point: eko ha vai naérdyana Gsit. Foolish persons think Narayana to be on
the platform of ordinary material existence. Because they do not realize
the natural constitutional position of the living entity, they concoct
names like daridra-ndérayana, svaémi-ndraéyana or mithyd-ndrdyana.
However, Narayana is actually the supreme controller of everyone. This
understanding is self-realization.

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