224 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 12

ojah—the strength of the senses; sahah—the strength of the mind;
balam—the strength of the body; pradnam—the living condition;
amrtam—immortality; mrtyum—death; eva—indeed; ca—also; tam—
Him (the Supreme Lord); ajnidya—without knowing; janah—a foolish
person; hetum—the cause; atmanam—the body; man yate—considers;
jadam—although as good as stone.

TRANSLATION

Our sensory prowess, mental power, bodily strength, living
force, immortality and mortality are all subject to the superinten-
dence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Not knowing this,
foolish people think the dull material body to be the cause of their
activities.

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yatha darumayi nari
yatha patramayo mrgah

evam bhiitani maghavann
ifa-tantrami viddhi bhoh

yatha—just as; ddru-mayi—made of wood; naéri—a woman; yatha—
just as; patra-mayah—made of leaves; mrgah—an animal; evam—
thus; bhiitani—all things; maghavan—O King Indra; isa—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; tantrani—depending upon; viddhi—please
know; bhoh—O sir.

TRANSLATION

O King Indra, as a wooden doll that looks like a woman or as an
animal made of grass and leaves cannot move or dance indepen-
dently, but depends fully on the person who handles it, all of us
dance according to the desire of the supreme controller, the Per-
sonality of Godhead. No one is independent.
