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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 2]
beyond the material platform and will not remain in this material world. It is our duty, therefore, always to hear, chant and think about the Lord's lotus feet, as actually done by Vaiṣṇavas who have decided to live in Vṛndāvana always and think of the Lord's lotus feet twenty-four hours a day.
TEXT 39
न तेऽभवस्येश भवस्य कारणं 
    विना विनोदं बत तर्कयामहे । 
    भवो निरोधः स्थितिरप्यविद्यया 
    कृता यतस्त्वय्यभयाश्रयात्मनि ॥३९॥
na te 'bhavasyeśa bhavasya kāraṇami 
    vinā vinodam bata tarkayāmahe · 
    bhavo nirodhaḥ sthitir apy avidyayā 
    kṛtā yatas tvayy abhayāśrayātmani
na —not;  te —of Your Lordship;  abhavasya —of whom there is no birth, death or maintenance as for an ordinary being;  īśa —O Supreme Lord;  bhavasya —of Your appearance, Your birth;  kāraṇam —the cause;  vinā —without;  vinodam —the pastimes (despite what is said, You are not forced to come to this world by any cause);  bata —however;  tarkayāmahe —we cannot argue (but must simply understand that these are Your pastimes);  bhavaḥ —birth;  nirodhaḥ —death;  sthitiḥ —maintenance;  api —also;  avidyayā —by the external, illusory energy;  kṛtāḥ —done;  yataḥ —because;  tvayi —unto You;  abhaya-āśraya —O fearless shelter of all;  ātmani —of the ordinary living entity.
TRANSLATION
O Supreme Lord, You are not an ordinary living entity appearing in this material world as a result of fruitive activities. Therefore Your appearance or birth in this world has no other cause than Your pleasure potency. Similarly, the living entities, who are part of You, have no cause for miseries like birth, death