216 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9

cakre visrstam ajayesvara sodasdre
nispidyamanam upakarsa vibho prapannam

sah—that one (the supreme independent person who, through His ex-
ternal energy, has created the material mind, which is the cause of all
suffering in this material world); tvam— You (are); hi—indeed; nitya—
eternally; vijita-dtma—conquered; gunah—whose property of the intel-
ligence; sva-dhdmnd—by Your personal spiritual energy; kalah—the
time element (which creates and annihilates); vasi-krta—brought under
Your control; visr7ya—by which all effects; visarga—and causes;
Saktih—the energy; cakre—in the wheel of time (the repetition of birth
and death); visrstam—being thrown; ajaya—by Your external energy,
the mode of ignorance; isvara—O supreme controller; sodasa-are—with
sixteen spokes (the five material elements, the ten senses, and the leader
of the senses, namely the mind); nispidyamdnam—being crushed
(under that wheel); upakarsa—kindly take me (to the shelter of Your
lotus feet); vibho—O supreme great; prapannam—who am fully sur-
rendered unto You.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, O supreme great, You have created this material
world of sixteen constituents, but You are transcendental to their
material qualities. In other words, these material qualities are
under Your full control, and You are never conquered by them.
Therefore the time element is Your representation. My Lord, O
Supreme, no one can conquer You. As for me, however, I am being
crushed by the wheel of time, and therefore I surrender fully unto
You. Now kindly take me under the protection of Your lotus feet.

PURPORT

The wheel of material miseries is also a creation of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, but He is not under the control of the material en-
ergy. Rather, He is the controller of the material energy, whereas we, the
living entities, are under its control. When we give up our constitutional
position (jivera ‘svariipa’ haya—krsnera ‘nitya-dasa’), the Supreme
Personality of Godhead creates this material energy and her influence
