Volume 7 - Prabhupada

Text 144] The Lord Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami 323however, as particles of the eternally existing spiritual entity-as part of You,who are the supreme spirit whole-we must conclude that they are alwaysunder Your control. If the living entities are simply satisfied with being identicalwith You as spiritual particles, then they will be happy being controllers ofso many things. The conclusion that the living entities and the Supreme Personalityof Godhead are one and the same is a faulty conclusion. It is not afact.'PURPORTThis verse, which is also from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1 0.87.30), was spoken bythe personified Vedas.TEXT 144 -u '•t', 'flll'- ce 1ISf'Wf -'Sf"f·"'l·Rtfi II 88 11tara madhye 'sthavara', 'jangama'-dui bhedajangame tiryak-jala-stha/acara-vibhedaSY NONYMStara madhye-among the living entities who are conditioned within the materialworld; sthavara-immovable; jangama-movable; dui bheda-two divisions;jangame-among the living entities who can move; tiryak-the living entitieswho can move in the air (the birds); ja/a -or living entities who can movewithin the water; stha/a-cara-living entities who can move on land; vibhedathreedivisions.TRANSLATION"The unlimited living entities can be divided into two divisions-those thatcan move and those that cannot move. Among living entities that can move,there are birds, aquatics and animals.PURPORTSri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is giving clear instructions on how the living entitieslive under different conditions. There are trees, plants and stones that cannotmove, but still they must be considered living entities, or spiritual sparks. The soulis present in bodies like those of trees, plants and stones. They are all living entities.Among moving living entities such as birds, aquatics and animals, the samespiritual spark is there. As stated herein, there are living entities that can fly, swimand walk. We must also conclude that there are living entities that can move