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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- anuprāṇanti yaṁ prāṇāḥ
- prāṇantaṁ sarva-jantuṣu
- apānantam apānanti
- nara-devam ivānugāḥ
anuprāṇantifollow the living symptoms — follow the living symptoms; yamwhom — whom; prāṇāḥsenses — senses; prāṇantamendeavoring — endeavoring; sarvain all living entities-jantuṣuin all living entities — in all living entities; apānantamstop endeavoring — stop endeavoring; apānantiall others stop — all others stop; naraa king-devama king — a king; ivalike — like; anugāḥthe followers — the followers.
As the followers of a king follow their lord, similarly when the total energy is in motion, all other living entities move, and when the total energy stops endeavoring, all other living entities stop sensual activities.
The individual living entities are completely dependent on the total energy of the supreme puruṣa. No one has independent existence, just as no electric lamp has independent effulgence. Each and every electrical instrument depends fully on the total powerhouse, the total powerhouse depends on the reservoir of water for generating electricity, water depends on the clouds, the clouds depend on the sun, the sun depends on creation, and the creation depends on the movement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of all causes.