SB 1.13.41 (1965)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 41
- Ma kanchana sucho rajan yad iswarabasham jagat
- Lokah sapala yasya ime bahanti balim isituh.
- Sa samyunakti bhutani sa eva viyunakti cha.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Ma—never, Kanchana—by all means, Sucho—do you lament, Rajan—oh King, Yad—because, Iswarabasham—under the control of the Supreme Lord, Jagat—world, Lokah—all living beings, Sapala—including their leaders, Yasya—whose, Ime—all these, Bahanti—do bear, Balim—means of worship, Isituh—for being protected, Sa—he, Samyunakti—gets together, Bhutani—all living being, Sa—he, Eva—also, Viyunaikti- disperses, Cha—and.
TRANSLATION
Oh the pious king do not lament for anyone because everyone is under the control of the Supreme Lord. As such all living beings including their respective leaders do carry on the means of worship for being-protected. It is He only who gets them together and He disperses them also.
PURPORT
Every living being either in this material world or in the spiritual world all are under the control of the Supreme Lord the Personality of Godhead. Beginning from Brahmaji the leader of this universe down to the insignificant ant all are abiding by the order of the Supreme Lord. As such the constitutional position of the living being is subordination under the control of the Lord. The foolish living being specially the man artificially rebels against the law of the supreme and thus becomes chastised as an Asura or the law breaker. A living being is placed in a particular position by the order of the Supreme Lord and he is again shifted from that place by the order of the Supreme Lord. Nobody can violate the order of the Supreme Lord or His authorised agents. Brahma, Shiva, Indra, Chandra, Maharaj Yudhisthir or in the modern history the Napolean, the Akbar, the Alexander, Gandhi, Subhas or Nehru all are servants of the Lord and they are placed and removed from their respective position by the Supreme will of the Lord. None of them is independant. Even though such men or leaders rebel so as not to recognise the Supremacy of the Lord, they are put under still more rigorous laws of the material world by different miseries and only the foolish man, therefore, says that there is no God. Maharaj Yudhisthir was tried to be convinced about this naked truth because he was too much over-whelmed by the sudden departure of his old uncles and aunt. Maharaj Dhritarastra was placed in that position according to his past deeds, he had already suffered or enjoyed the benefits accrued by him in the past but due to his good luck some how or other he got a good younger brother in the person of Vidura and by his instruction he had left for achieving salvation by closing all accounts of the materal world.
Ordinarily nobody can change the course of one's due happiness and distresses by plan. Everyone has to accept them as they come before us under subtle arrangement of Kala or invincible time. There is no use for trying to counter act them. The best thing is, therefore, that one should endeavour for achieving salvation and this prerogative is given to man only on account of his developed condition of the mental activities and intelligence also. Only for the man only different Vedic instructions are there for attainment of 'Salvation' during the human form of existence. One who misuses this opportunity of advanced intelligence is verily condemned and put into different types of miseries either in this present life or in the future. That is the way of Supreme control over everyone.