SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 41] Hiryaka8ipu, King of the Demons 103pens. The examples given in this regard are practical. Everyone has hadsuch practical experiences, and there are also many other clear examples.For instance, Prahlada Maharaja said that a child is certainly dependenton his father and mother, but in spite of their presence, the child isharassed in many ways. Sometimes, in spite of a supply of good medicineand an experienced physician, a patient does not survive. Therefore,since everything is dependent on the free will of the Supreme Personalityof Godhead, our only duty is to surrender unto Him and seek Hisprotection.TEXT41 fll­ if llClf' : Ii( erN -gq) ft 11\l IIbhutiini tais tair nija-yoni-karmabhirbhavanti kale na bhavanti sarva5ab,na tatra hatma prakrtav api sthitastasya gury,air anyatamo hi badhyatebhatani-all the bodies of the living entities; taib, taib,-their own respective;nija-yoni-causing their own bodies; karmabhib,-by past activities;bhavanti-appear; kale-in due course of time; na bhavantidisappear;sarva5ab,-in all respects; na-not; tatra-there; ha-indeed;dtmd-the soul; prakrtau -within this material world; api -although;sthitab,-situated; tasydb,-of her (the material energy);gury,aib,-by different modes; anya-tamab,-most different; hi-indeed;badhyate-is bound.TRANSLATIONEvery conditioned soul receives a different type of body accordingto his work, and when the engagement is finished the body isfinished. Although the spirit soul is situated in subtle and grossmaterial bodies in different forms of life, he is not bound by them,