Bhagavad Gita -Srila Prabhupada 245

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita As It Is -Shri Shrimad A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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Karma-yoga—Action in krsna Consciousness
Chapter 5: Verse-15

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 hymns therefore declare,esau hy eva sädhu karma kärayati tam yam ebhyo lokebhya unninisate. esa u eväsädhu karma kärayati yam adho ninisate: “The Lord engages the living entity in pious activities so that he may be elevated. The Lord engages him in impious activities so that he may go to hell.” [1]

ajno jantur aniso ’yam
ätmanahsukha-duhkhayoh
isvara-prerito gacchet
svargam väsv abhram eva ca

“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 Vedänta-sütras[2] also confirm this. Vaisamya-nairghrnye na säpeksatvät tathä hi darsayati: “The Lord neither hates nor likes anyone, though He appears to.”

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References

  1. Kausitaki Upanisad 3.8
  2. 2.1.34

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