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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.7
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 7
- sāsvatantrā na kalpāsīd
- yoga-kṣemaṁ mamecchatī
- īśasya hi vaśe loko
- yoṣā dārumayī yathā
sāshe — she; asvatantrāwas dependent — was dependent; nanot — not; kalpāable — able; āsītwas — was; yogamaintenance-kṣemammaintenance — maintenance; mamamy — my; icchatīalthough desirous — although desirous; īśasyaof providence — of providence; hifor — for; vaśeunder the control of — under the control of; lokaḥeveryone — everyone; yoṣādoll — doll; dārumade of wood-mayīmade of wood — made of wood; yathāas much as — as much as.
She wanted to look after my maintenance properly, but because she was not independent, she was not able to do anything for me. The world is under the full control of the Supreme Lord; therefore everyone is like a wooden doll in the hands of a puppet master.