अनु प्राणन्ति यं प्राणाह् प्राणन्तं सर्वजन्तुषु ।
अपानन्तमपानन्ति नरदेवमिवानुगाः ॥ १६ ॥
anu prananti-follow the living symptoms; yam-whom; pranah-senses; pranantam-endeavoring; sarva-jantusu-in all living entities; apanantam-stop endeavoring; apananti-all others stop; nara-devam-the king; iva-like; anugah-the followers.
As the followers of the king follow their lord, similarly when the total energy is in motion, all other living entities move, and when the total energy stops endeavoring, all other living entities stop sense activities.
The individual living entities are completely dependent on the total energy of the supreme purusa. No one has independent existence, just as no electric lamp has independent effulgence. Each and every electrical instrument depends fully on the total powerhouse; the total powerhouse depends on the electric generating water reservation; water depends on the cloud; the cloud depends on the sun; the sun depends on creation, and the creation depends on the movement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the cause of all causes.