84. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2
bhramayan sarva-bhiitani
yantranidhani mayaya
“The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone’s heart, O Arjuna, and is
directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a
machine, made of the material energy.” (Bg. 18.61) The body is just
like a machine, and according to the living entity’s karma, he is offered a
particular type of machine to move here and there under the control of
material nature. This continues until he surrenders to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead (mam eva ye prapadyante mayam etam taranti te).
Until he surrenders, the conditioned soul is carried from life to life by
the arrangement of material nature.
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TARR TATA TASH Tet eT |
FIN VPAAMA SVS FodT A UR
yathambhasé pracalata
taravo ’pi cala iva
caksusa bhramyamdnena
drsyate calativa bhih
yatha—just as; ambhasd—by water; pracalata—moving; taravah—
the trees (on the bank of the river); api—also; calah—moving; iva—as
if; caksusa—by the eye; bhramyamanena—moving; drsyate—is seen;
calati—moving; iva—as if; bhiih—the ground.
TRANSLATION
Because of the movements of the water, the trees on the bank of
a river, when reflected on the water, seem to move. Similarly,
when the eyes move because of some mental derangement, the
land appears to move also.
PURPORT
Sometimes, because of mental derangement, the land appears to be
moving. A drunkard, for example, or a person with heart disease, some-
