Text 21] Hiranyakasipu, King of the Demons 81

TEXT 21
dara: waraiaa
ea ataragatart fa: eH

bhitanam iha samvésah
prap@yam iva suvrate

daivenaikatra nitanadm
unnitanam sva-karmabhih

bhitandm—of all living entities; iha—in this material world; sam-
vasah—the living together; prapaéyam—in a place for drinking cold
water; iva—like; su-vrate—O my gentle mother; daivena—by the
superior arrangement; ekatra—in one place; nitandm—of those
brought; unnitandm—of those led apart; sva-karmabhih—by their own
reactions.

TRANSLATION

My dear mother, in a restaurant or place for drinking cold
water, many travelers are brought together, and after drinking
water they continue to their respective destinations. Similarly, liv-
ing entities join together in a family, and later, as a result of their
own actions, they are led apart to their destinations.

PURPORT

prakrteh kriyamanani
gunaih karmani sarvasah

ahankdara-vimiidhatma
kartaham iti manyate

“The bewildered soul, under the influence of the three modes of material
nature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in actuality car-
ried out by nature.” (Bg. 3.27) All living entities act exactly according
to the directions of prakrti, material nature, because in the material
world we are fully under a higher control. All the living entities in this
material world have come here only because they wanted to be equal to
