Text 13] Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender 89
PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (13.3) the Lord says, ksetra-jfiarn capi mar viddhi
sarva-ksetresu bharata: “‘O scion of Bharata, you should understand that
I am also the knower in all bodies.” Every one of us is thinking, “I am
this body” or “This is my body,” but actually the truth is different. Our
bodies are given to us by the supreme proprietor. The living entity, who
is also ksetra-jria, or the knower of the body, is not the body’s only
proprietor; the actual proprietor of the body is the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, who is the supreme ksetra-jria. For example, we may rent
and occupy a house, but actually the owner of the house is the landlord.
Similarly, we may be allotted a certain type of body as a facility with
which to enjoy this material world, but the actual proprietor of the body
is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is called sarvadhyaksa be-
cause everything in the material world works under His supervision.
This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita (9.10), wherein the Lord says,
mayadhyaksena prakrtih sityate sacardcaram: “This material nature,
working under My direction, O son of Kunti, is producing all moving and
unmoving beings.” From prakrti, or material nature, come so many
varieties of living entities, including aquatics, plants, trees, insects,
birds, animals, human beings and demigods. Prakrti is the mother, and
the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the father (aharn bija-pradah
pita).

Prakrti can give us material bodies, but as spirit souls we are parts and
parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in
Bhagavad-gité (15.7): mamaivariso jiva-loke jiva-bhitah sanatanah.
The living entity, being part and parcel of God, is not a product of this
material world. Therefore the Lord is described in this verse as dtma-
mila, the original source of everything. He is the seed of all existences
(bijam mam sarva-bhitanam). In Bhagavad-gita (14.4) the Lord says:

sarva-yonisu kaunteya
mirtayah sambhavanti yah
tasam brahma mahad yonir
aham bija-pradah pita
“It should be understood that all living entities, in all species of life, O
son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that
I am the seed-giving father.” Plants, trees, insects, aquatics, demigods,
