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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.10.24

హస్తౌ రురుహతుస్తస్య నానాకర్మచికీర్షయా । తయోస్తు బలవానిన్ద్ర ఆదానముభయాశ్రయమ్ ॥ ౨౪ ॥
hastau ruruhatus tasya
[hastau ruruhatus tasya]
nānā-karma-cikīrṣayā
[naanaa-karma-chikeershayaa]
tayos tu balavān indra
[tayos tu balavaan indra]
ādānam ubhayāśrayam
[aadaanam ubhayaashrayam]
hastau — the hands ruruhatuḥ — manifested tasya — His nānā — various karma — work cikīrṣayā — being so desirous tayoḥ — of them tu — however balavān — to give strength indraḥ — the demigod in heaven ādānam — activities of the hand ubhaya-āśrayam — dependent on both the demigod and the hand.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hastau ruruhatus tasya
hastau
the hands
ruruhatuḥ
manifested
tasya
His
nānā-karma-cikīrṣayā
nānā
various
karma
work
cikīrṣayā
being so desirous
tayos tu balavān indra
tayoḥ
of them
tu
however
balavān
to give strength
indraḥ
the demigod in heaven
ādānam ubhayāśrayam
ādānam
activities of the hand
ubhaya-āśrayam
dependent on both the demigod and the hand.
Thereafter when the Supreme Person desired to perform varieties of work, the two hands and their controlling strength, and Indra, the demigod in heaven, became manifested, as also the acts dependent on both the hands and the demigod.

In every item we can note with profit that the sense organs of the living entity are never independent at any stage. The Lord is known as the Lord of the senses (Hṛṣīkeśa). Thus the sense organs of the living entities are manifested by the will of the Lord, and each organ is controlled by a certain type of demigod. No one, therefore, can claim any proprietorship of the senses. The living entity is controlled by the senses, the senses are controlled by the demigods, and the demigods are the servants of the Supreme Lord. That is the arrangement in the system of creation. The whole thing is controlled ultimately by the Supreme Lord, and there is no independence either of the material nature or of the living entity. The illusioned living entity who claims to be the lord of his senses is under the clutches of the external energy of the Lord. As long as a living entity continues to be puffed up by his tiny existence, he is to be understood to be under the stringent control of the external energy of the Lord, and there is no question of liberation from the clutches of illusion ( māyā ), however much one may declare himself a liberated soul.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When the universal form desired to perform various activities, the two hands, their strength, the deity Indra and the sense object, namely, receiving things, which takes shelter of the devatā and the sense organ, appeared.
Commentary

Strength of the hands is the sense organ. Indra is the devatā; the sense object is receiving things, which is dependent on the sense organ and the devatā (ubhayāśrayam).

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