Srimad Bhagavadgita Sadhaka Sanjivani -Swami Ramsukhdas
Chapter 9
Appendix—God existed before the creation of the universe and in the end God will remain, then in the mid-state who else can be there besides God? Therefore immortality is a form of God and death is also a form of God. The real (para prakrti) is a form of God and the unreal (apara pralgti) is also a form of God. As the food offered to God becomes 'prasad' (a gift or blessing) from God and it includes both sweet food such as 'rasagulla' and 'gulabajamuna' and also bitter vegetables such as 'karela' (bitter gourd) and 'methi . Similarly the favourable as well as unfavourable circumstances--all are the manifestations of God. The Lord as the sun withholds water and then sends forth rain—these two opposite activities (withholding and sending back) are performed by God. Not only this but the water which is withheld is God, the rain which is sent forth is God and the action of raining is also God.
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