SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 21]Hiryak&Sipu, King of the Demons81bhiltaniim iha samvasab,prapayam iva suvratedaivenaikatra nitaniimunnitdniim sva-karmabhib,bhUtaniim-of all living entities; iha-in this material world; samvasab,-theliving together; prapayam-in a place for drinking coldwater; iva-like; su-vrate-0 my gentle mother; daivena-by thesuperior arrangement; ekatra-in one place; nitdniim-of thosebrought; unnitaniim-of those led apart; sva-karmabhib,-by their ownreactions.TRANSLATIONMy dear mother, in a restaurant or place for drinking coldwater, many travelers are brought together, and after drinkingwater they continue to their respective destinations. Similarly, livingentities join together in a family, and later, as a result of theirown actions, they are led apart to their destinations.PURPORTprakrteb- kriyama{Uinigu1Jnib- karmai sarva.Sab,ahankara-vimilljhatmakartaham iti manyate"The bewildered soul, under the influence of the three modes of materialnature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in actuality carriedout by nature." (Bg. 3.27) All living entities act exactly accordingto the directions of prakrti, material nature, because in the materialworld we are fully under a higher control. All the living entities in thismaterial world have come here only because they wanted to be equal to