Bhagvat: Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time, 4th Sept

Bhagvat: Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time. “There is no truth superior to Me." Nothing can be above Krshna, for He is the controller and creator of everything.

TRANSLATION

O great King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time. Thus the Supreme Personality is never under the time factor nor under the material energy.

PURPORT

One should not think that the Lord is dependent on the time factor. He actually creates the situation by which material nature acts and by which the conditioned soul is placed under material nature. Both the conditioned soul and the material nature act within the time factor, but the Lord is not subject to the actions and reactions of time, for time has been created by Him. To be more clear, Srila Visvanätha Cakravarti Thäkura says that creation, maintenance and annihilation are all under the supreme will of the Lord.

In Bhagavad-gitä (4.7) the Lord says:

"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bhärata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself." Since Krshna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the controller of everything, when He appears He is not within the limitations of material time (janma karma cha me divyam). In this verse the words kälam charantam srjatisa äsrayam indicate that although the Lord acts within time, whether sattva-guna, rajo-guna or tamo-guna is prominent, one should not think that the Lord is under time's control. 

Time is within His control, for He creates time to act in a certain way; He is not working under the control of time. The creation of the material world is one of the Lord's pastimes. Everything is fully under His control. Since creation takes place when rajo-guna is prominent, the Lord creates the necessary time to give facilities for rajo-guna. Similarly, He also creates the necessary times for maintenance and annihilation. Thus this verse establishes that the Lord is not under the limitations of time.

As stated in the Brahma-samhitä, isvaram paramam krshnam: Krshna is the supreme controller. Sac-cid-änanda-vigraham: He possesses a blissful, spiritual body. Anädim: He is not subordinate to anything. As the Lord confirms in Bhagavad-gitä (7.7), mattam parataram nänyat kiïcid asti dhanaïjaya: "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me." Nothing can be above Krshna, for He is the controller and creator of everything.

The Mäyävädi philosophers say that this material world is mithyä, false, and that one should therefore not bother about this mithyä creation (brahma satyam jagan mithyä). But this is not correct. Here it is said, satya-krt: whatever is created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, satyam param, cannot be called mithyä. The cause of the creation is satya, true, so how can the effect of the cause be mithyä? The very word satya-krt is used to establish that everything created by the Lord is factual, never false. The creation may be temporary, but it is not false.

Bhagvat: Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time, 4th Sept

Bhagvat: Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time. “There is no truth superior to Me." Nothing can be above Krshna, for He is the controller and creator of everything.

TRANSLATION

O great King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the controller of the material and spiritual energies, who is certainly the creator of the entire cosmos, creates the time factor to allow the material energy and the living entity to act within the limits of time. Thus the Supreme Personality is never under the time factor nor under the material energy.

PURPORT

One should not think that the Lord is dependent on the time factor. He actually creates the situation by which material nature acts and by which the conditioned soul is placed under material nature. Both the conditioned soul and the material nature act within the time factor, but the Lord is not subject to the actions and reactions of time, for time has been created by Him. To be more clear, Srila Visvanätha Cakravarti Thäkura says that creation, maintenance and annihilation are all under the supreme will of the Lord.

In Bhagavad-gitä (4.7) the Lord says:

"Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bhärata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself." Since Krshna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the controller of everything, when He appears He is not within the limitations of material time (janma karma cha me divyam). In this verse the words kälam charantam srjatisa äsrayam indicate that although the Lord acts within time, whether sattva-guna, rajo-guna or tamo-guna is prominent, one should not think that the Lord is under time's control. 

Time is within His control, for He creates time to act in a certain way; He is not working under the control of time. The creation of the material world is one of the Lord's pastimes. Everything is fully under His control. Since creation takes place when rajo-guna is prominent, the Lord creates the necessary time to give facilities for rajo-guna. Similarly, He also creates the necessary times for maintenance and annihilation. Thus this verse establishes that the Lord is not under the limitations of time.

As stated in the Brahma-samhitä, isvaram paramam krshnam: Krshna is the supreme controller. Sac-cid-änanda-vigraham: He possesses a blissful, spiritual body. Anädim: He is not subordinate to anything. As the Lord confirms in Bhagavad-gitä (7.7), mattam parataram nänyat kiïcid asti dhanaïjaya: "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me." Nothing can be above Krshna, for He is the controller and creator of everything.

The Mäyävädi philosophers say that this material world is mithyä, false, and that one should therefore not bother about this mithyä creation (brahma satyam jagan mithyä). But this is not correct. Here it is said, satya-krt: whatever is created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, satyam param, cannot be called mithyä. The cause of the creation is satya, true, so how can the effect of the cause be mithyä? The very word satya-krt is used to establish that everything created by the Lord is factual, never false. The creation may be temporary, but it is not false.

Gita shloka 5.13, The living entity in his conditioned stage identifies himself with the body, but when he identifies himself with the Lord within himself, he becomes just as free as the Lord,3rd Sept

Gita shloka 5.13, The living entity in his conditioned stage identifies himself with the body, but when he identifies himself with the Lord within himself, he becomes just as free as the Lord, even while in the body. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within the body of a living entity, is the controller of all living entities all over the universe. When one takes to Krsna consciousness, one at once becomes completely aloof from bodily activities.

TRANSLATION

When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.

PURPORT

The embodied soul lives in the city of nine gates.

The activities of the body, or the figurative city of body, are conducted automatically by the particular modes of nature.

The soul, although subjecting himself to the conditions of the body, can be beyond those conditions, if he so desires.

Owing only to forgetfulness of his superior nature, he identifies with the material body, and therefore suffers.

By Krsna consciousness, he can revive his real position and thus come out of his embodiment.

Therefore, when one takes to Krsna consciousness, one at once becomes completely aloof from bodily activities.

In such a controlled life, in which his deliberations are changed, he lives happily within the city of nine gates.

The nine gates are described as follows:

nava-dvare pure dehi hamso lelayate bahih

vasi sarvasya lokasya sthavarasya carasya ca.

"The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is living within the body of a living entity, is the controller of all living entities all over the universe.

The body consists of nine gates: two eyes, two nostrils, two ears, one mouth, the anus and the genital.

The living entity in his conditioned stage identifies himself with the body, but when he identifies himself with the Lord within himself, he becomes just as free as the Lord, even while in the body." (Svet.3.18)

Therefore, a Krsna conscious person is free from both the outer and inner activities of the material body.

Gita shloka 5.12: This is the secret of Krsna consciousness—realization that there is no existence besides Krsna is the platform of peace and fearlessness, 2nd Sept

Gita shloka 5.12: This is the secret of Krsna consciousness—realization that there is no existence besides Krsna is the platform of peace and fearlessness. The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.

TRANSLATION

The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.

PURPORT

The difference between a person in Krsna consciousness and a person in bodily consciousness is that the former is attached to Krsna, whereas the latter is attached to the results of his activities.

The person who is attached to Krsna and works for Him only is certainly a liberated person, and he is not anxious for fruitive rewards.

In the Bhagavatam, the cause of anxiety over the result of an activity is explained as being due to one's functioning in the conception of duality, that is, without knowledge of the Absolute Truth.

Krsna is the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead.

In Krsna consciousness, there is no duality.

All that exists is a product of Krsna's energy, and Krsna is all good.

Therefore, activities in Krsna consciousness are on the absolute plane; they are transcendental and have no material effect.

One is, therefore, filled with peace in Krsna consciousness.

One who is, however, entangled in profit calculation for sense gratification cannot have that peace.

This is the secret of Krsna consciousness—realization that there is no existence besides Krsna is the platform of peace and fearlessness.

Bhagvat: When a living entity is conditioned by material nature, he is exactly like a person haunted by a ghost. One should therefore understand the fixed position of the spirit soul and how he is carried away by the waves of material nature to different bodies and different situations under lamentation and hankering, 1st Sept

Bhagvat: When a living entity is conditioned by material nature, he is exactly like a person haunted by a ghost. One should therefore understand the fixed position of the spirit soul and how he is carried away by the waves of material nature to different bodies and different situations under lamentation and hankering. One achieves the success of life when he understands the constitutional position of his self and is undisturbed by the conditions created by material nature

TRANSLATION

Because of the movements of the water, the trees on the bank of a river, when reflected on the water, seem to move. Similarly, when the eyes move because of some mental derangement, the land appears to move also.

PURPORT

Sometimes, because of mental derangement, the land appears to be moving. A drunkard, for example, or a person with heart disease, sometimes feels that the land is moving. 

Similarly, the reflections of trees in a flowing river also appear to move. These are the actions of mäyä. Actually the living entity does not move (sthänur achalo 'yam). 

The living entity does not take birth or accept death, but because of the transient subtle and gross bodies, the living entity appears to move from one place to another or be dead and gone forever. As the great Bengali Vaishnava poet, Jagadänanda Pandita, has said:

According to this statement from the Prema-vivarta, when a living entity is conditioned by material nature, he is exactly like a person haunted by a ghost. One should therefore understand the fixed position of the spirit soul and how he is carried away by the waves of material nature to different bodies and different situations under lamentation and hankering.

One achieves the success of life when he understands the constitutional position of his self and is undisturbed by the conditions created by material nature (prakrtem kriyamänäni gunaim karmäni sarvasam).