अविद्वानेवमात्मानं मन्यतेऽनीशमीश्वरम् । भूतै: सृजति भूतानि ग्रसते तानि तै: स्वयम् ॥ १२ ॥
avidvan evam atmanam manyate ’nisam isvaram bhutaih srjati bhutani grasate tani taih svayam
- avidvan
- one who is foolish, without knowledge
- evam
- thus
- atmanam
- himself
- manyate
- considers
- anisam
- although totally dependent on others
- isvaram
- as the supreme controller, independent
- bhutaih
- by the living entities
- srjati
- He (the Lord) creates
- bhutani
- other living entities
- grasate
- He devours
- tani
- them
- taih
- by other living beings
- svayam
- Himself.
A foolish, senseless person cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although always dependent, he falsely thinks himself the Supreme. If one thinks, According to one’s previous fruitive actions, one’s material body is created by the father and mother, and the same body is annihilated by another agent, as another animal is devoured by a tiger this is not proper understanding. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself creates and devours the living beings through other living beings.