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Prayers by Queen Kuntī
409
because death before the presence of the Lord purifies the passing soul from the effects of all sins, and therefore the dying man gets a place somewhere in the transcendental abode. Somehow or other if someone puts himself open in the sun rays, he is sure to get the requisite benefit both by heat and ultraviolet rays. Therefore, the conclusion is that the Lord is never partial. It is wrong for the people in general to think of Him as partial.
TEXT 30
जन्म कर्म च विश्वात्मन्नजस्याकर्तुरात्मनः । तिर्यङ्नू षिषु यादःसु तदत्यन्तविडम्बनम् ॥३०॥
janma karma ca viśvātmann ajasyākartur ātmanaḥ tiryaṅ nṛṣiṣu yādaḥsu tad atyanta-viḍambanam
janma —birth;  karma —activity;  ca —and;  viśva-ātman —O soul of the universe;  ajasya —of the unborn;  akartuḥ —of the inactive;  ātmanaḥ —of the vital energy;  tiryak —animal;  nṛ —human being;  ṛṣiṣu —in the sages;  yādaḥsu —in the water;  tat —that;  atyanta —veritable;  viḍambanam —bewildering.
TRANSLATION
Of course it is bewildering, O soul of the universe, that You work, though You are inactive, and that You take birth, though You are the vital force and the unborn. You Yourself descend amongst animals, men, sages and aquatics. Verily, this is bewildering.
PURPORT
The transcendental pastimes of the Lord are not only bewildering but also apparently contradictory. In other words, they are all inconceivable to the limited thinking power of the human being. The Lord is the all-prevailing Supersoul of all existence, and yet He appears in the form of boar amongst the animals, in the form of a human being as Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, etc., in the form of a  ṛṣi  like Nārāyaṇa, and in the form of an aquatic like a fish. Yet it is said that He is unborn, and He has nothing to do. In the  Śruti mantra  it is said that the Supreme Brahman has nothing to do. No one is equal to or greater than Him. He has manifold energies, and everything is