228 Srimad-Bhagavatan [Canto 6, Ch. 12

Lord Himself says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15), sarvasya caharh hrdi san-
nivisto mattah smrtir jidnam apohanam ca: “I am in everyone’s heart,
and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.”” Unless
one receives dictation from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who
sits within everyone’s heart, one cannot be induced to create anything.
Therefore the father and mother are not the creators of the living entity.
According to the living entity’s karma, fruitive activities, he is put into
the semen of the father, who injects the living entity into the womb of
the mother. Then according to the body of the mother and father (yatha-
yoni yatha-bijam), the living entity accepts a body and takes birth to
suffer or enjoy. Therefore the Supreme Lord is the original cause of
one’s birth. Similarly, the Supreme Lord is the cause of one’s being
killed. No one is independent; everyone is dependent. The true conclu-
sion is that the only independent person is the Supreme Personality of

Godhead.

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ayuh srih kirtir aisvaryam
GSisah purusasya yah

bhavanty eva hi tat-kdle
yathanicchor viparyayah

adyuh—longevity; srtih—opulence; kirtih—fame; aisvaryam—power;
Gsisah—benedictions; purusasya—of the living entity; yah—which;
bhavanti—arise; eva—indeed; hi—certainly; tat-kale—at that proper
time; yatha—just as; anicchoh—of one not desiring; viparyayah—
reverse conditions.

TRANSLATION

Just as a person not inclined to die must nonetheless give up his
longevity, opulence, fame and everything else at the time of death,
so, at the appointed time of victory, one can gain all these when the
Supreme Lord awards them by His mercy.
