Bhagvat: The soul is never the body but is always completely different from the body. Being eternal and inexhaustible, the soul has no death, but when the same pure soul desires to enjoy the material world independently, he is placed under the conditions of material nature and must therefore accept a certain type of body and suffer the pains and pleasures thereof, 13th Sept

Bhagvat: The soul is never the body but is always completely different from the body. Being eternal and inexhaustible, the soul has no death, but when the same pure soul desires to enjoy the material world independently, he is placed under the conditions of material nature and must therefore accept a certain type of body and suffer the pains and pleasures thereof. The body is just like a machine, and according to the living entity's karma, he is offered a particular type of machine to move here and there under the control of material nature. This continues until he surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Until he surrenders, the conditioned soul is carried from life to life by the arrangement of material nature.

TRANSLATION

The spirit soul, the living entity, has no death, for he is eternal and inexhaustible. Being free from material contamination, he can go anywhere in the material or spiritual worlds. 

He is fully aware and completely different from the material body, but because of being misled by misuse of his slight independence, he is obliged to accept subtle and gross bodies created by the material energy and thus be subjected to so-called material happiness and distress. Therefore, no one should lament for the passing of the spirit soul from the body.

PURPORT

Hiranyakasipu very intelligently described the position of the soul. The soul is never the body, but is always completely different from the body. Being eternal and inexhaustible, the soul has no death, but when the same pure soul desires to enjoy the material world independently, he is placed under the conditions of material nature and must therefore accept a certain type of body and suffer the pains and pleasures thereof. 

This is also described by Krshna in Bhagavad-gitä (13.22). Käranam guna-saìgo 'sya sad-asad-yoni janmasu: the living entity is born in different families or species of life because of being infected by the modes of material nature. When conditioned by material nature, the living entity must accept a certain type of body, which is offered by nature under the direction of the Supreme Lord.

"The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy." (Bg. 18.61) 

The body is just like a machine, and according to the living entity's karma, he is offered a particular type of machine to move here and there under the control of material nature. This continues until he surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead (mäm eva ye prapadyante mäyäm etäm taranti te). Until he surrenders, the conditioned soul is carried from life to life by the arrangement of material nature.

Bhagvat: "Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life." He takes account of the conditioned soul's chanting of "Krshna, Krshna" so many times, 12th Sept

Bhagvat: "Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life." He takes account of the conditioned soul's chanting of "Krshna, Krshna" so many times. He sometimes punishes such demons for one life by putting them in a lower species, but then, when they have stopped accusing Him, they are liberated in the next life because of chanting Krshna's name constantly. Krshna, being very kind, punishes the conditioned soul in one life for such sinful activities and then takes him back home, back to Godhead. When Krshna punishes a demon or conditioned soul, He stops that soul's habit of blaspheming Him, and when the soul becomes completely pure, the Lord takes him back to Godhead.

TRANSLATION
Because of the bodily conception of life, the conditioned soul thinks that when the body is annihilated the living being is annihilated. Lord Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme controller, the Supersoul of all living entities. Because He has no material body, He has no false conception of "I and mine." It is therefore incorrect to think that He feels pleasure or pain when blasphemed or offered prayers. This is impossible for Him. Thus He has no enemy and no friend. When He chastises the demons it is for their good, and when He accepts the prayers of the devotees it is for their good. He is affected neither by prayers nor by blasphemy.

PURPORT
Because of being covered by material bodies, the conditioned souls, including even greatly learned scholars and falsely educated professors, all think that as soon as the body is finished, everything is finished. This is due to their bodily conception of life. 

Krshna has no such bodily conception, nor is His body different from His self. Therefore, since Krshna has no material conception of life, how can He be affected by material prayers and accusations? Krshna's body is described herewith as kaivalya, nondifferent from Himself. Since everyone has a material bodily conception of life, if Krshna had such a conception what would be the difference between Krshna and the conditioned soul? 

Krshna's instructions in Bhagavad-gitä are accepted as final because He does not possess a material body. As soon as one has a material body he has four deficiencies, but since Krshna does not possess a material body, He has no deficiencies. He is always spiritually conscious and blissful. Isvaram paramam krshnam sac-cid-änanda-vigraham: His form is eternal, blissful knowledge. Sac-cid-änanda-vigraham, änanda-chinmaya-rasa and kaivalya are the same.

Krshna can expand Himself as Paramätmä in the core of everyone's heart. In Bhagavad-gitä (13.3) this is confirmed. Kshetrajnam chäpi mäm viddhi sama-kshetreshu bhärata: the Lord is the Paramätmä—the ätmä or Superself of all individual souls. Therefore it must naturally be concluded that He has no defective bodily conceptions. Although situated in everyone's body, He has no bodily conception of life. 

He is always free from such conceptions, and thus He cannot be affected by anything in relation to the material body of the jiva.

Krshna says in Bhagavad-gitä (16.19):
"Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life." Whenever the Lord punishes persons like demons, however, such punishment is meant for the good of the conditioned soul. 

The conditioned soul, being envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, may accuse Him, saying, "Krshna is bad, Krshna is a thief" and so on, but Krshna, being kind to all living entities, does not consider such accusations. Instead, He takes account of the conditioned soul's chanting of "Krshna, Krshna" so many times. 

He sometimes punishes such demons for one life by putting them in a lower species, but then, when they have stopped accusing Him, they are liberated in the next life because of chanting Krshna's name constantly. 
Blaspheming the Supreme Lord or His devotee is not at all good for the conditioned soul, but Krshna, being very kind, punishes the conditioned soul in one life for such sinful activities and then takes him back home, back to Godhead. 
The vivid example for this is Vrträsura, who was formerly Chitraketu Mahäräja, a great devotee. 

Because he derided Lord Siva, the foremost of all devotees, he had to accept the body of a demon called Vrtra, but then he was taken back to Godhead. Thus when Krshna punishes a demon or conditioned soul, He stops that soul's habit of blaspheming Him, and when the soul becomes completely pure, the Lord takes him back to Godhead.

तेरा दामन ना छोडूंगी मैं, tera daman na chodungi, 12th Sept

तेरा दामन ना छोडूंगी मैं, tera daman na chodungi

तेरा दामन ना छोडूंगी मैं

दिल दिया तुमको ऐ प्राण प्यारे

आशा तुमसे लगाई हुई है 

मेरे दिल में पड़े हैं जो  छाले 

देख के आ के ओ मुरलीवाले 

प्रीत जब से लगाई है तुमसे,अच्छी जग में हसाई हुई है 

तूने सबकी है बिगड़ी बनाई

तेरे द्वारे पे मैं भी हूँ आई 

क्या खता ऐसी मुझसे हुई है

क्यों न मेरी सुनाई हुई है 

जग ने मुझको कहीं का न छोड़ा 

नाता इस वास्ते मैंने तोडा 

दुश्मनों ने है मुझको है बक्शा

चोट अपनों से खाई हुई है

Vinod Agarwal Bhajan lyrics

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Gita shloka 5.21: Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure or external objects but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within, 11th Sept

Gita shloka 5.21 Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure or external objects but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme.

TRANSLATION

Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure or external objects but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme.

PURPORT

Sri Yamunacarya, a great devotee in Krsna consciousness, said:

yadavadhi mama cetah krsna-padaravinde

nava-nava-rasa-dhamanudyata rantum asit

tadavadhi bata nari-sangame smaryamane

bhavati mukha-vikarah sustu nisthivanam ca

"Since I have been engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl with distaste." 

A person in brahma-yoga, or Krsna consciousness, is so absorbed in the loving service of the Lord that he loses his taste for material sense pleasure altogether.

The highest pleasure in terms of matter is sex pleasure.

The whole world is moving under its spell, and a materialist cannot work at all without this motivation.

But a person engaged in Krsna consciousness can work with greater vigor without sex pleasure, which he avoids.

That is the test in spiritual realization.

Spiritual realization and sex pleasure go ill together.

A Krsna conscious person is not attracted to any kind of sense pleasure due to his being a liberated soul.

Bhagvat: In the material world a so-called family is a combination of several persons in one home to fulfill the terms of their imprisonment. As criminal prisoners scatter as soon as their terms are over and they are released, all of us who have temporarily assembled as family members will continue to our respective destinations, 11th Sept

Bhagvat: In the material world a so-called family is a combination of several persons in one home to fulfill the terms of their imprisonment. As criminal prisoners scatter as soon as their terms are over and they are released, all of us who have temporarily assembled as family members will continue to our respective destinations. Another example given is that family members are like straws carried together by the waves of a river. Sometimes such straws mix together in whirlpools, and later, dispersed again by the same waves, they float alone in the water. "The bewildered soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature." To become a demigod or to become godly, whatever one's occupation, one must satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Some of the demons took digging instruments and broke down the bridges, the protective walls and the gates [gopuras] of the cities. Some took axes and began cutting the important trees that produced mango, jackfruit and other sources of food. Some of the demons took firebrands and set fire to the residential quarters of the citizens.

PURPORT

The cutting of trees is generally prohibited. In particular, trees that produce nice fruit for the maintenance of human society should not be cut. In different countries there are different types of fruit trees. In India the mango and jackfruit trees are prominent, and in other places there are mango trees, jackfruit trees, coconut trees and berry trees. Any tree that produces nice fruit for the maintenance of the people should not be cut at all. This is a sästric injunction.

TRANSLATION

Thus disturbed again and again by the unnatural occurrences caused by the followers of Hiranyakasipu, all the people had to cease the activities of Vedic culture. Not receiving the results of yajna, the demigods also became disturbed. They left their residential quarters in the heavenly planets and, unobserved by the demons, began wandering on the planet earth to see the disasters.

PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gitä, the performance of yajna brings reciprocal good fortune for both the human beings and the demigods. When the performances of yajna were stopped by the disturbances of the demons, the demigods were naturally bereft of the results of yajna and hampered in executing their respective duties. Therefore they came down to the planet earth to see how people had become disturbed and to consider what to do.

TRANSLATION

After performing the ritualistic observances for the death of his brother, Hiranyakasipu, being extremely unhappy, tried to pacify his nephews.

TRANSLATION

O King, Hiranyakasipu was extremely angry, but since he was a great politician, he knew how to act according to the time and situation. With sweet words he began pacifying his nephews, whose names were Sakuni, Sambara, Dhrshti, Bhütasantäpana, Vrka, Kälanäbha, Mahänäbha, Harismasru and Utkaca. He also consoled their mother, his sister-in-law, Rushäbhänu, as well as his own mother, Diti. He spoke to them all as follows.

TRANSLATION

Hiranyakasipu said: My dear mother, sister-in-law and nephews, you should not lament for the death of the great hero, for a hero's death in front of his enemy is glorious and desirable.

TRANSLATION

My dear mother, in a restaurant or place for drinking cold water, many travelers are brought together, and after drinking water they continue to their respective destinations. Similarly, living entities join together in a family, and later, as a result of their own actions, they are led apart to their destinations.

PURPORT

"The bewildered soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by nature." (Bg. 3.27) All living entities act exactly according to the directions of prakrti, material nature, because in the material world we are fully under a higher control. All the living entities in this material world have come here only because they wanted to be equal to Krshna in enjoyment and have thus been sent here to be conditioned by material nature in different degrees. 

In the material world a so-called family is a combination of several persons in one home to fulfill the terms of their imprisonment. As criminal prisoners scatter as soon as their terms are over and they are released, all of us who have temporarily assembled as family members will continue to our respective destinations. Another example given is that family members are like straws carried together by the waves of a river. Sometimes such straws mix together in whirlpools, and later, dispersed again by the same waves, they float alone in the water.

Although Hiranyakasipu was a demon, he had Vedic knowledge and understanding. Thus the advice given to his family members—his sister-in-law, mother and nephews—was quite sound. The demons are considered highly elevated in knowledge, but because they do not use their good intelligence for the service of the Lord, they are called demons. The demigods, however, act very intelligently to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is confirmed in Srimad-Bhägavatam (1.2.13) as follows:

"O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve, by discharging his prescribed duties [dharma] according to caste divisions and orders of life, is to please the Lord Hari." To become a demigod or to become godly, whatever one's occupation, one must satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

चार चपेरे कानू पे टक्करां मारनै , O MAN, WHY YOU LABOUR DAY IN & DAY OUT ALL OVER

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चार चपेरे कानू पे टक्करां मारनै   

O MAN, WHY YOU LABOUR DAY IN & DAY OUT ALL OVER

वे जित्तियाँ होइयाँ बाजियाँ कानू हारनै   

& THEREFORE LOSE THE WON BATTLE     

वेख ओ सोना हर हर दे विच वसदा   

SEE, THAT LOVELY LORD IS SEATED HIMSELF IN ALL THE HEARTS     

तेरियाँ ओ करतूतां वेख के हसदा   

& HE LAUGHS AT YOUR FRIVOLOUS MIS DEEDS          

घरे गवाची चीज, टन्डोरा शहर विच   

YOU HAVE LOST HIM INSDE YOUR HEART BUT TRYING TO SEARCH AT ALL THE PLACES OUTSIDE

फर्क नहीं दिसदा तैनू अपने गैर विच   

WAKE UP, O MAN, YOU WHO CANNOT SEE WITH YOUR EYES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHO IS YOUR OWN & WHO IS NOT      

तेरे दिल विच बंद खजाना नूर दा   

IN YOUR HEART IS TREASURE OF IMMEASURABLE POWER

वे घर विच बैठा, कर लै जलवा दूर दा   

BY MERELY CONTEMPLATING, YOU CAN BEHOLD HIS POWER

कहन सयाने दिल है खाणा रब दा   

WISE SAY THE HEART IS WHERE LORD IS 

जे लब्बे ते यार खजाना लबदा 

& IF YOU TRY TO FIND HIM, HE IS INDEED FOUND     

     

"उठ फरीदा वेख अकल दे अन्नया, वे कुदरत वेखी ,फ़ेर वी रब न मनया"      

YOU HAVE SEEN ALL OF NATURE & YET YOU DO NOT BELIEVE THAT HE IS BEHIND ALL THIS              

"EVEN AFTER SEEING HIS NATURE -SUN,MOON, PLANETS FLOATING METICULOUSLY IN THIN AIR CRORES OF MILES APART, SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL & TIMELY SEQUENCE OF SEASONS, CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL LIVING BEINGS - IN SPITE OF OBSERVING ALL THIS, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN HIS INFINITE POWER, DEFINITELY DISCRIMINATION POWER IS DEEP ASLEEP, O MINDLESS !" 

Gita shloka 5.20 The first symptom of a self-realized person is that he is not illusioned by the false identification of the body with his true self, 10th Sept

Gita shloka 5.20 The first symptom of a self-realized person is that he is not illusioned by the false identification of the body with his true self. He knows perfectly well that he is not this body, but is the fragmental portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is therefore not joyful in achieving something, nor does he lament in losing anything which is related to his body. This steadiness of mind is called sthira-buddhi, or self-intelligence. Such steady consciousness is called Krsna consciousness.

TRANSLATION

A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, unbewildered, and who knows the science of God, is to be understood as already situated in Transcendence.

PURPORT

The symptoms of the self-realized person are given herein.

The first symptom is that he is not illusioned by the false identification of the body with his true self.

He knows perfectly well that he is not this body, but is the fragmental portion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

He is therefore not joyful in achieving something, nor does he lament in losing anything which is related to his body.

This steadiness of mind is called sthira-buddhi, or self-intelligence.

He is therefore never bewildered by mistaking the gross body for the soul, nor does he accept the body as permanent and disregard the existence of the soul.

This knowledge elevates him to the station of knowing the complete science of the Absolute Truth, namely Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.

He thus knows his constitutional position perfectly well, without falsely trying to become one with the Supreme in all respects.

This is called Brahman realization, or self-realization.

Such steady consciousness is called Krsna consciousness.

Gita shloka 5.19 As long as one identifies with this body, he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he is elevated to the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he is liberated from conditional life, 9th Sept

Gita shloka 5.19 As long as one identifies with this body, he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he is elevated to the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he is liberated from conditional life. In other words, he is no longer subject to take birth in the material world but can enter into the spiritual sky after his death. The Lord is flawless because He is without attraction or hatred. Similarly, when a living entity is without attraction or hatred, he also becomes flawless and eligible to enter into the spiritual sky.

TRANSLATION

Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman.

PURPORT

Equanimity of mind, as mentioned above, is the sign of self-realization.

Those who have actually attained to such a stage should be considered to have conquered material conditions, specifically birth and death.

As long as one identifies with this body, he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he is elevated to the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he is liberated from conditional life.

In other words, he is no longer subject to take birth in the material world but can enter into the spiritual sky after his death.

The Lord is flawless because He is without attraction or hatred.

Similarly, when a living entity is without attraction or hatred, he also becomes flawless and eligible to enter into the spiritual sky.

Such persons are to be considered already liberated, and their symptoms are described below.

Bhagvat: People do not know that the highest goal of human life is to please Lord Vishnu. "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it"9th Sept

Bhagvat: The discovery of nuclear energy has been disastrous to people in general because demons all over the world are manufacturing nuclear weapons. People do not know that the highest goal of human life is to please Lord Vishnu. "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." Fruits and flowers are very much pleasing to the Lord. If one wants to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can simply offer fruits and flowers, and the Lord will be pleased to accept them.

TRANSLATION

Thus the demons, being fond of disastrous activities, took Hiranyakasipu's instructions on their heads with great respect and offered him obeisances. According to his directions, they engaged in envious activities directed against all living beings.

PURPORT

The followers of demoniac principles, as described here, are thoroughly envious of the general populace. In the present day, scientific advancement exemplifies such envy. The discovery of nuclear energy has been disastrous to people in general because demons all over the world are manufacturing nuclear weapons. 

The word kadana-priyäm is very significant in this regard. The demoniac persons who want to kill the Vedic culture are extremely envious of the feeble citizens, and they act in such a way that ultimately their discoveries will be inauspicious for everyone (jagato 'hitäm). The Sixteenth Chapter of Bhagavad-gitä fully explains how the demons engage in sinful activities for the destruction of the populace.

TRANSLATION

The demons set fire to the cities, villages, pasturing grounds, cowpens, gardens, agricultural fields and natural forests. They burned the hermitages of the saintly persons, the important mines that produced valuable metals, the residential quarters of the agriculturalists, the mountain villages, and the villages of the cow protectors, the cowherd men. They also burned the government capitals.

PURPORT

The word udyäna refers to places where trees are especially grown to produce fruits and flowers, which are most important for human civilization. Krshna says in Bhagavad-gitä (9.26):

"If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." Fruits and flowers are very much pleasing to the Lord. If one wants to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can simply offer fruits and flowers, and the Lord will be pleased to accept them. Our only duty is to please the Supreme Godhead (samsiddhir hari-toshanam). Whatever we do and whatever our occupation, our main purpose should be to please the Supreme Lord. 

All the paraphernalia mentioned in this verse is especially meant for the satisfaction of the Lord, not the satisfaction of one's senses. The government—indeed, the entire society—should be structured in such a way that everyone can be trained to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 

But unfortunately, especially in this age, na te vidum svärtha-gatim hi vishnum: people do not know that the highest goal of human life is to please Lord Vishnu. On the contrary, like demons, they simply plan to kill Vishnu and be happy by sense gratification.

Gita shloka 5.18, The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste], 8th Sept

Gita shloka 5.18, The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]

TRANSLATION

The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste] .

PURPORT

A Krsna conscious person does not make any distinction between species or castes.

The brahmana and the outcaste may be different from the social point of view, or a dog, a cow, or an elephant may be different from the point of view of species, but these differences of body are meaningless from the viewpoint of a learned transcendentalist.

This is due to their relationship to the Supreme, for the Supreme Lord, by His plenary portion as Paramatma, is present in everyone's heart.

Such an understanding of the Supreme is real knowledge.

As far as the bodies are concerned in different castes or different species of life, the Lord is equally kind to everyone because He treats every living being as a friend yet maintains Himself as Paramatma regardless of the circumstances of the living entities.

The Lord as Paramatma is present both in the outcaste and in the brahmana, although the body of a brahmana and that of an outcaste are not the same.

The bodies are material productions of different modes of material nature, but the soul and the Supersoul within the body are of the same spiritual quality.

The similarity in the quality of the soul and the Supersoul, however, does not make them equal in quantity, for the individual soul is present only in that particular body, whereas the Paramatma is present in each and every body.

A Krsna conscious person has full knowledge of this, and therefore he is truly learned and has equal vision.

The similar characteristics of the soul and Supersoul are that they are both conscious, eternal and blissful.

But the difference is that the individual soul is conscious within the limited jurisdiction of the body, whereas the Supersoul is conscious of all bodies.

The Supersoul is present in all bodies without distinction.

Bhagvat: The Supreme Vishnu is Krshna. Krshna is the cause of Vishnu, not vice versa. Similarly, Brahman is not the cause of Krshna; Krshna is the cause of Brahman, 8th Sept

Bhagvat: The Supreme Vishnu is Krshna. Krshna is the cause of Vishnu, not vice versa. Similarly, Brahman is not the cause of Krshna; Krshna is the cause of Brahman. Therefore Krshna is the Parabrahman. Sisupäla and Dantavakra were formerly Jaya and Vijaya, the doorkeepers of Vaikuntha. Merging into the body of Krshna was not their final destination. For some time they remained merged, and later they received the liberations of särüpya and sälokya, living on the same planet as the Lord in the same bodily form. The sästras give evidence that if one blasphemes the Supreme Lord, his punishment is to remain in hellish life for many millions of years more than one suffers by killing many brähmanas.

TRANSLATION

Formerly, O King, when Mahäräja Yudhishthira was performing the Räjasüya sacrifice, the great sage Närada, responding to his inquiry, recited historical facts showing how the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always impartial, even when killing demons. In this regard he gave a vivid example.

PURPORT

This relates to how the Lord exhibited His impartiality even when killing Sisupäla in the arena of the Räjasüya yajïa performed by Mahäräja Yudhishthira.

TRANSLATION

O King, at the Räjasüya sacrifice, Mahäräja Yudhishthira, the son of Mahäräja Pändu, personally saw Sisupäla merge into the body of the Supreme Lord, Krshna. Therefore, struck with wonder, he inquired about the reason for this from the great sage Närada, who was seated there. While he inquired, all the sages present also heard him ask his question.

TRANSLATION

Mahäräja Yudhishthira inquired: It is very wonderful that the demon Sisupäla merged into the body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead even though extremely envious. This säyujya-mukti is impossible to attain even for great transcendentalists. How then did the enemy of the Lord attain it?

PURPORT

There are two classes of transcendentalists—the jnänis and the bhaktas. The bhaktas do not aspire to merge into the existence of the Lord, but the jnänis do. Sisupäla, however, was neither a jnäni nor a bhakta, yet simply by envy of the Lord he attained an exalted position by merging into the Lord's body. Certainly this was astonishing, and therefore Mahäräja Yudhishthira inquired about the cause for the Lord's mysterious mercy to Sisupäla.

TRANSLATION

O great sage, we are all eager to know the cause for this mercy of the Lord. I have heard that formerly a king named Vena blasphemed the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that all the brähmanas consequently obliged him to go to hell. Sisupäla should also have been sent to hell. How then did he merge into the Lord's existence?

TRANSLATION

From the very beginning of his childhood, when he could not even speak properly, Sisupäla, the most sinful son of Damaghosha, began blaspheming the Lord, and he continued to be envious of Sri Krshna until death. Similarly, his brother Dantavakra continued the same habits.

TRANSLATION

Although these two men—Sisupäla and Dantavakra—repeatedly blasphemed the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu [Krshna], the Supreme Brahman, they were quite healthy. Indeed, their tongues were not attacked by white leprosy, nor did they enter the darkest region of hellish life. We are certainly most surprised by this.

PURPORT

Krshna is described by Arjuna in Bhagavad-gitä (10.12) as follows: param brahma param dhäma pavitram paramam bhavän. "You are the Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode and purifier." Herein this is confirmed. Vishnum yad brahma param avyayam. The Supreme Vishnu is Krshna. Krshna is the cause of Vishnu, not vice versa. Similarly, Brahman is not the cause of Krshna; Krshna is the cause of Brahman. Therefore Krshna is the Parabrahman (yad brahma param avyayam).

TRANSLATION

How was it possible for Sisupäla and Dantavakra in the presence of many exalted persons, to enter very easily into the body of Krshna, whose nature is difficult to attain?

PURPORT

Sisupäla and Dantavakra were formerly Jaya and Vijaya, the doorkeepers of Vaikuntha. Merging into the body of Krshna was not their final destination. For some time they remained merged, and later they received the liberations of särüpya and sälokya, living on the same planet as the Lord in the same bodily form. 

The sästras give evidence that if one blasphemes the Supreme Lord, his punishment is to remain in hellish life for many millions of years more than one suffers by killing many brähmanas. Sisupäla, however, instead of entering hellish life, immediately and very easily received säyujya-mukti. That such a privilege had been offered to Sisupäla was not merely a story. Everyone saw it happen; there was no scarcity of evidence. How did it happen? Mahäräja Yudhishthira was very much surprised.

TRANSLATION

This matter is undoubtedly very wonderful. Indeed, my intelligence has become disturbed, just as the flame of a candle is disturbed by a blowing wind. O Närada Muni, you know everything. Kindly let me know the cause of this wonderful event.

PURPORT

The sästras enjoin, tad-vijnänärtham sa gurum eväbhigacchet: when one is perplexed by the difficult problems of life, to solve them one must approach a guru like Närada or his representative in the disciplic succession. Mahäräja Yudhishthira therefore requested Närada to explain the cause for such a wonderful event.

Gita shloka 5.17, One whose mind, intelligence, faith and refuge are always in Krsna, or, in other words, one who is fully in Krsna consciousness, is undoubtedly washed clean of all misgivings and is in perfect knowledge,7th Sept

Gita shloka 5.17, One whose mind, intelligence, faith and refuge are always in Krsna, or, in other words, one who is fully in Krsna consciousness, is undoubtedly washed clean of all misgivings and is in perfect knowledge in everything concerning transcendence. A Krsna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality (simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krsna, and, equipped with such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the path of liberation.

TRANSLATION

When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.

PURPORT

The Supreme Transcendental Truth is Lord Krsna.

The whole Bhagavad-gita centers around the declaration of Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

That is the version of all Vedic literature.

Paratattva means the Supreme Reality, who is understood by the knowers of the Supreme as Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan.

Bhagavan, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the last word in the Absolute.

There is nothing more than that.

The Lord says, mattah parataram nanyat kincit asti dhananjaya.

Impersonal Brahman is also supported by Krsna: brahmano pratisthaham.

Therefore in all ways Krsna is the Supreme Reality.

One whose mind, intelligence, faith and refuge are always in Krsna, or, in other words, one who is fully in Krsna consciousness, is undoubtedly washed clean of all misgivings and is in perfect knowledge in everything concerning transcendence.

A Krsna conscious person can thoroughly understand that there is duality (simultaneous identity and individuality) in Krsna, and, equipped with such transcendental knowledge, one can make steady progress on the path of liberation.

Bhagvat: In a perfect human civilization there must be a class of men fully trained as perfect brähmanas. Similarly, there must be kshatriyas to rule the country very nicely according to the injunctions of the shästras, and there must be vaishyas who can protect the cows, 7th Sept

Bhagvat: In a perfect human civilization there must be a class of men fully trained as perfect brähmanas. Similarly, there must be kshatriyas to rule the country very nicely according to the injunctions of the shästras, and there must be vaishyas who can protect the cows. Because the Vedic civilization is lost, cows are not protected, but instead indiscriminately killed in slaughterhouses. Such are the acts of demons. Therefore this is a demoniac civilization. The cutting of trees is prohibited unless necessary for the service of Lord Vishnu.

TRANSLATION

(Hiranyakasipu, demon telling his juniors) : Immediately go wherever there is good protection for the cows and brähmanas and wherever the Vedas are studied in terms of the varnäsrama principles. Set fire to those places and cut from the roots the trees there, which are the source of life.

PURPORT

The picture of a proper human civilization is indirectly described here. In a perfect human civilization there must be a class of men fully trained as perfect brähmanas. Similarly, there must be kshatriyas to rule the country very nicely according to the injunctions of the sästras, and there must be vaisyas who can protect the cows. 

The word gävam indicates that cows should be given protection. Because the Vedic civilization is lost, cows are not protected, but instead indiscriminately killed in slaughterhouses. Such are the acts of demons. Therefore this is a demoniac civilization. The varnäsrama-dharma mentioned here is essential for human civilization. Unless there is a brähmana to guide, a kshatriya to rule perfectly, and a perfect vaisya to produce food and protect the cows, how will people live peacefully? It is impossible.

Another point is that trees also should be given protection. During its lifetime, a tree should not be cut for industrial enterprises. In Kali-yuga, trees are indiscriminately and unnecessarily cut for industry, in particular for paper mills that manufacture a profuse quantity of paper for the publication of demoniac propaganda, nonsensical literature, huge quantities of newspapers and many other paper products. 

This is a sign of a demoniac civilization. The cutting of trees is prohibited unless necessary for the service of Lord Vishnu. Yajnärthät karmano'nyatra loko'yam karma-bandhanam: "Work done as a sacrifice for Lord Vishnu must be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world." 

But if the paper mills stop producing paper, one may argue, how can our ISKCON literature be published? 

The answer is that the paper mills should manufacture paper only for the publication of ISKCON literature because ISKCON literature is published for the service of Lord Vishnu. This literature clarifies our relationship with Lord Vishnu, and therefore the publication of ISKCON literature is the performance of yajna. Yajnärthät karmano 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanam. 

Yajna must be performed, as indicated by the superior authorities. The cutting of trees simply to manufacture paper for the publication of unwanted literature is the greatest sinful act.

Gita shloka 5.16, Those who have forgotten Krsna must certainly be bewildered, but those who are in Krsna consciousness are not bewildered at all, 6th Sept

Gita shloka 5.16, Those who have forgotten Krsna must certainly be bewildered, but those who are in Krsna consciousness are not bewildered at all. And what is that knowledge? Perfect knowledge is achieved when one surrenders unto Krsna After passing through many, many births, when one perfect in knowledge surrenders unto Krsna, or when one attains Krsna consciousness, then everything is revealed to him, as the sun reveals everything in the daytime. one has to seek out such a bona fide spiritual master and, under him, learn what Krsna consciousness is. One can know God and one's relationship with God only when one actually meets a representative of God.

TRANSLATION

When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up everything in the daytime.

PURPORT

Those who have forgotten Krsna must certainly be bewildered, but those who are in Krsna consciousness are not bewildered at all.

It is stated in the Bhagavad-gita, "sarvam jnana-plavena," "jnanagnih sarva-karmani" and "na hi jnanena sadrsam." Knowledge is always highly esteemed.

And what is that knowledge? Perfect knowledge is achieved when one surrenders unto Krsna, as is said in the Seventh Chapter, 19th verse: bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate.

After passing through many, many births, when one perfect in knowledge surrenders unto Krsna, or when one attains Krsna consciousness, then everything is revealed to him, as the sun reveals everything in the daytime.

The living entity is bewildered in so many ways.

For instance, when he thinks himself God, unceremoniously, he actually falls into the last snare of nescience.

If a living entity is God, then how can he become bewildered by nescience? Does God become bewildered by nescience? If so, then nescience, or Satan, is greater than God.

Real knowledge can be obtained from a person who is in perfect Krsna consciousness.

Therefore, one has to seek out such a bona fide spiritual master and, under him, learn what Krsna consciousness is.

The spiritual master can drive away all nescience, as the sun drives away darkness.

Even though a person may be in full knowledge that he is not this body but is transcendental to the body, he still may not be able to discriminate between the soul and the Supersoul.

However, he can know everything well if he cares to take shelter of the perfect, bona fide Krsna conscious spiritual master.

One can know God and one's relationship with God only when one actually meets a representative of God.

A representative of God never claims that he is God, although he is paid all the respect ordinarily paid to God because he has knowledge of God.

One has to learn the distinction between God and the living entity.

Lord Sri Krsna therefore stated in the Second Chapter (2.12) that every living being is individual and that the Lord also is individual.

They were all individuals in the past, they are individuals at present, and they will continue to be individuals in the future, even after liberation.

At night we see everything as one in the darkness, but in day when the sun is up, we see everything in its real identity.

Identity with individuality in spiritual life is real knowledge.

Bhagvat: through the popularizing of Hari-kirtana, or the saìkirtana movement, the brahminical culture and kshatriya government will automatically come back, and people will be extremely happy, 6th Sept

Bhagvat: through the popularizing of Hari-kirtana, or the saìkirtana movement, the brahminical culture and kshatriya government will automatically come back, and people will be extremely happy. Because the population of the modern world consists mostly of shüdras, the brahminical culture is now lost and is extremely difficult to reestablish in a proper way. Lord Chaitanya has recommended the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, which will revive brahminical culture very easily. Because of the poisonous effects of Kali-yuga, the government will adopt the policies of dasyus, or plunderers.

TRANSLATION

The basic principle of brahminical culture is to satisfy Lord Vishnu, the personification of sacrificial and ritualistic ceremonies. Lord Vishnu is the personified reservoir of all religious principles, and He is the shelter of all the demigods, the great pitäs, and the people in general. When the brähmanas are killed, no one will exist to encourage the kshatriyas to perform yajnas, and thus the demigods, not being appeased by yajna, will automatically die.

PURPORT

Since Vishnu is the central point of brahminical culture, Hiranyakasipu's plan was to kill Vishnu, for if Vishnu were killed, naturally the brahminical culture would also be lost. 

With brahminical culture lost, yajna would no longer be performed, and for want of yajna the regular distribution of rainfall would cease (yajnäd bhavati parjanyam). Thus there would be disturbances all over the world, and naturally the demigods would be defeated. From this verse we get a clear indication of how human society is disturbed when the Vedic Äryan civilization is killed and the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies performed by the brähmanas are stopped. Kalau südra-sambhavam: because the population of the modern world consists mostly of südras, the brahminical culture is now lost and is extremely difficult to reestablish in a proper way. 

Therefore Lord Chaitanya has recommended the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, which will revive brahminical culture very easily.

harer näma harer näma

harer nämaiva kevalam

kalau nästy eva nästy eva

nästy eva gatir anyathä 

Because of the increment in demoniac population, people have lost brahminical culture. Nor is there a kshatriya government. Instead, the government is a democracy in which any südra can be voted into taking up the governmental reigns and capture the power to rule. Because of the poisonous effects of Kali-yuga, the sästra (Bhäg. 12.2.13) says, dasyu-präyeshu räjasu: the government will adopt the policies of dasyus, or plunderers. Thus there will be no instructions from the brähmanas, and even if there are brahminical instructions, there will be no kshatriya rulers who can follow them. 

Aside from Satya-yuga, even formerly, in the days when demons were flourishing, Hiranyakasipu planned to destroy the brahminical culture and the kshatriya government and thus create chaos all over the world. Although in Satya-yuga this plan was very difficult to execute, in Kali-yuga, which is full of südras and demons, the brahminical culture is lost and can be revived only by the chanting of the mahä-mantra. 

Therefore the Krshna consciousness movement, or the Hare Krshna movement, has been inaugurated to revive brahminical culture very easily so that people may become happy and peaceful in this life and prepare for elevation in the next. In this regard, Srila Madhvächärya quotes this verse from the Brahmända Puräna:

"O King, the demons think that Hari, Lord Vishnu, exists because of the brähmanas and yajna, but factually Hari is the cause of everything including the brähmanas and yajna." Therefore, through the popularizing of hari-kirtana, or the saìkirtana movement, the brahminical culture and kshatriya government will automatically come back, and people will be extremely happy.

Gita shloka 5.15, When one desires Krsna, the Lord takes special care and encourages one to desire in such a way that one can attain to Him and be eternally happy, 5th Sept

Gita shloka 5.15, When one desires Krsna, the Lord takes special care and encourages one to desire in such a way that one can attain to Him and be eternally happy. The Lord engages the living entity in pious activities so he may be elevated. The Lord engages him in impious activities so he may go to hell. By the will of the Supreme he can go to heaven or hell, as a cloud is driven by the air. Therefore the embodied soul, by his immemorial desire to avoid Krsna consciousness, causes his own bewilderment. Consequently, although he is constitutionally eternal, blissful and cognizant, due to the littleness of his existence he forgets his constitutional position of service to the Lord and is thus entrapped by nescience. And, under the spell of ignorance, the living entity claims that the Lord is responsible for his conditional existence. The Lord neither hates nor likes anyone, though He appears to.

TRANSLATION

Nor does the Supreme Spirit assume anyone's sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge.

PURPORT

The Sanskrit word vibhuh means the Supreme Lord who is full of unlimited knowledge, riches, strength, fame, beauty and renunciation.

He is always satisfied in Himself, undisturbed by sinful or pious activities.

He does not create a particular situation for any living entity, but the living entity, bewildered by ignorance, desires to be put into certain conditions of life, and thereby his chain of action and reaction begins.

A living entity is, by superior nature, full of knowledge.

Nevertheless, he is prone to be influenced by ignorance due to his limited power.

The Lord is omnipotent, but the living entity is not.

The Lord is vibhu, or omniscient, but the living entity is anu, or atomic.

Because he is a living soul, he has the capacity to desire by his free will.

Such desire is fulfilled only by the omnipotent Lord.

And so, when the living entity is bewildered in his desires, the Lord allows him to fulfill those desires, but the Lord is never responsible for the actions and reactions of the particular situation which may be desired.

Being in a bewildered condition, therefore, the embodied soul identifies himself with the circumstantial material body and becomes subjected to the temporary misery and happiness of life.

The Lord is the constant companion of the living entity as Paramatma, or the Supersoul, and therefore He can understand the desires of the individual soul, as one can smell the flavor of a flower by being near it.

Desire is a subtle form of conditioning of the living entity.

The Lord fulfills his desire as he deserves: Man proposes and God disposes.

The individual is not, therefore, omnipotent in fulfilling his desires.

The Lord, however, can fulfill all desires, and the Lord, being neutral to everyone, does not interfere with the desires of the minute independent living entities.

However, when one desires Krsna, the Lord takes special care and encourages one to desire in such a way that one can attain to Him and be eternally happy.

The Vedic hymn therefore declares:

esa u hy eva sadhu karma karayati tam yamebhyo lokebhya unninisate

esa u evasadhu karma karayati yamadho ninisate.

ajno jantur aniso 'yam atmanah sukha-duhkhayoh

isvara-prerito gacchet svargam vasvabhram eva ca.

"The Lord engages the living entity in pious activities so he may be elevated.

The Lord engages him in impious activities so he may go to hell.

The living entity is completely dependent in his distress and happiness.

By the will of the Supreme he can go to heaven or hell, as a cloud is driven by the air."

Therefore the embodied soul, by his immemorial desire to avoid Krsna consciousness, causes his own bewilderment.

Consequently, although he is constitutionally eternal, blissful and cognizant, due to the littleness of his existence he forgets his constitutional position of service to the Lord and is thus entrapped by nescience.

And, under the spell of ignorance, the living entity claims that the Lord is responsible for his conditional existence.

The Vedanta-sutras also confirm this:

vaisamya-nairghrnye na sapeksatvat tatha hi darsayati.

"The Lord neither hates nor likes anyone, though He appears to."

Bhagvat: "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all." The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be partial; He is always equal to everyone, 5th Sept

Bhagvat: "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all." The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be partial; He is always equal to everyone. Therefore when the demigods are favored and the demons killed, this is not His partiality but the influence of the time factor.

TRANSLATION

O King, this time factor enhances the sattva-guna. Thus although the Supreme Lord is the controller, He favors the demigods, who are mostly situated in sattva-guna. Then the demons, who are influenced by tamo-guna, are annihilated. The Supreme Lord induces the time factor to act in different ways, but He is never partial. Rather, His activities are glorious, and therefore He is called Urusravä.

PURPORT

The Lord says in Bhagavad-gitä (9.29), samo'ham sarva-bhüteshu na me dveshyo 'sti na priyam: "I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all." The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be partial; He is always equal to everyone. Therefore when the demigods are favored and the demons killed, this is not His partiality but the influence of the time factor. A good example in this regard is that an electrician connects both a heater and a cooler to the same electrical energy. 

The cause of the heating and cooling is the electrician's manipulation of the electrical energy according to his desire, but factually the electrician has nothing to do with causing heat or cold, nor with the enjoyment or suffering that results.

There have been many historical incidents in which the Lord killed a demon, but the demon attained a higher position by the mercy of the Lord. Pütanä is an example. Pütanä's purpose was to kill Krshna. Aho baki yam stana-käla-kütam. 

She approached the house of Nanda Mahäräja with the purpose of killing Krshna by smearing poison on her breast, yet when she was killed she attained the highest position, achieving the status of Krshna's mother. Krshna is so kind and impartial that because he sucked Pütanä's breast, He immediately accepted her as His mother. 

This superfluous activity of killing Pütanä did not diminish the Lord's impartiality. He is suhrdam sarva-bhütänäm, the friend of everyone. Therefore partiality cannot apply to the character of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who always maintains His position as the supreme controller. The Lord killed Pütanä as an enemy, but because of His being the supreme controller, she attained an exalted position as His mother. 

Srila Madhva Muni therefore remarks, käle käla-vishaye 'pisitä. dehädi-käranatvät suränikam iva sthitam sattvam. Ordinarily a murderer is hanged, and in the Manu-samhitä it is said that a king bestows mercy upon a murderer by killing him, thus saving him from various kinds of suffering. Because of his sinful activities, such a murderer is killed by the mercy of the king. Krshna, the supreme judge, deals with matters in a similar way because He is the supreme controller. The conclusion, therefore, is that the Lord is always impartial and always very kind to all living entities.

Vinod Agarwal Bhajan lyrics ना दौलत से, ना दुनिया से ना घर आबाद करने से तसल्ली दिल को मिलती है खुदा को याद करने से #blog0108

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ना दौलत से, ना दुनिया से ना घर आबाद करने से 

तसल्ली दिल को मिलती है खुदा को याद करने से  

BLISS IS NOT OBTAINED FROM MONEY, NOR FROM SELFISH NOURISHMENT OF FAMILY BUT HAPPINESS IS A CONSEQUENCE OF REMEMBERING LORD

 

वह दिल ही नहीं जिस दिल में कभी सांवरिया तेरी याद ना हो

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED A HEART WHEREIN THERE IS NO REMEMBRANCE OF YOU  

 

वह याद नहीं जिसमें तुझसे कुछ लुत्फ़ भरी फरियाद ना हो

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED A REMEMBRANCE WHEREIN THERE IS NO SWEET WISH ASKED FOR FROM YOU

 

फरियाद भी वो क्या जिसमें हो न चाह तुझसे मिलने की

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED A SWEET WISH WHEREIN THERE IS NO EAGERNESS TO MEET YOU

 

वह चाह नहीं जिसमें कि तेरे आशिक का घर बर्बाद ना हो

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED AN EAGERNESS WHEREIN THERE IS NO DISTURBANCE IN MY HOME

 

बर्बादी भी वो क्या जिसमें कुछ रुसवा ना सरे बाजार हुए

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED AN DISTURBANCE OF HOME WHEREIN YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT GET SCORNED

 

(प्रेमी हो और उसकी बदनामी ना हो कैसे संभव है, लेकिन वह प्रेम क्या कि बदनामी के डर से कदम पीछे हट जाएं)

 

रुसवाई ही वो क्या जिसमें कोई जोशे जनूँ आबाद ना हो

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED A SCORN WHEREIN THERE IS NO FURTHER ENTHUSIASM GENERATED (TO MEET YOU)

 

(जितनी जितनी बदनामी बढ़ती जाती है प्यार परवान (ROCKETS UP) चढ़ता जाता है, और भी उमंग और भी तरंग बढ़ती जाती है, कि जो होना था सो तो हो गया, अब किस बात की शर्म, आप कैसा शील (MODESTY), कैसा संकोच (DOUBT), कैसी मर्यादायें (LIMITATIONS), कैसी परंपराए (TRADITIONS), कैसी मान्यताएं (BELIEFS)

 

 वो जोशे जनूँ भी क्या जिसमें, कुछ बिंदु ना आंखों से टपकें

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED AN ENTHUSIASM WHEREIN THERE ARE NO TEARS SEEN IN YOUR EYES

 

 वह बिंदु भी क्या जिसमें उल्फत दरिया की लहर इजात ना हो (उल्फत=LOVE, उल्फत = INCREMENTED)

THAT CANNOT BE CALLED A TEAR WHICH DOES NOT ADD UP TO MAKE A RIVER

 

(COURTESY : SH VINOD_AGARWAL bhajan )         

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Gita shloka 5.14, As soon as the living entity becomes aloof from the activities of the body, he becomes free from the reactions as well, 4th Sept

Gita shloka 5.14, As soon as the living entity becomes aloof from the activities of the body, he becomes free from the reactions as well.As long as he is in the city of body, he appears to be the master of it, but actually he is neither its proprietor nor controller of its actions and reactions.He is simply in the midst of the material ocean, struggling for existence.The waves of the ocean are tossing him, and he has no control over them.His best solution is to get out of the water by transcendental Krsna consciousness.That alone will save him from all turmoil.

TRANSLATION

The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.

PURPORT

The living entity, as will be explained in the Seventh Chapter, is one in nature with the Supreme Lord, distinguished from matter, which is another nature—called inferior—of the Lord.

Somehow, the superior nature, the living entity, has been in contact with material nature since time immemorial.

The temporary body or material dwelling place which he obtains is the cause of varieties of activities and their resultant reactions.

Living in such a conditional atmosphere, one suffers the results of the activities of the body by identifying himself (in ignorance) with the body.

It is ignorance acquired from time immemorial that is the cause of bodily suffering and distress.

As soon as the living entity becomes aloof from the activities of the body, he becomes free from the reactions as well.

As long as he is in the city of body, he appears to be the master of it, but actually he is neither its proprietor nor controller of its actions and reactions.

He is simply in the midst of the material ocean, struggling for existence.

The waves of the ocean are tossing him, and he has no control over them.

His best solution is to get out of the water by transcendental Krsna consciousness.

That alone will save him from all turmoil.