Study a Verse

• The living entity, who is also kṣetra jña, 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 kṣetra jña.
• Prakṛti can give us material bodies, but as spirit souls we are parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
• Thus they have become sons of prakṛti, or material nature, which is impregnated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

Helplessness → Surrender and rescue. A mighty animal finally realizes the limits of strength.

Chapters 1–4 of Canto 8: Gajendra's struggle and prayers. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Chapter 3: Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender

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The material world is a product of His external energy, or material nature, which works under His direction. It is thus that creation, maintenance and annihilation take place.