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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 2]
Being the incarnation of the passion-mode of material nature, he is empowered by the Lord to generate the beautiful material manifestation. Yet, due to his becoming one of the numerous living entities, he is apt to forget the art of his creative energy. This forgetfulness of the living being—beginning from Brahmā down to the lowest insignificant ant—is a tendency which can be counteracted by meditation on the  virāṭa rūpa  of the Lord. This chance is available in the human form of life, and if a human being follows the instruction of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and begins to meditate upon the  virāṭa rūpa , then revival of his pure consciousness and counteraction to the tendency of his forgetfulness of his eternal relationship with the Lord can follow simultaneously. And as soon as this forgetfulness is removed, at once the  vyavasāya-buddhi , as it is stated here and in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (2.41), follows at once. This ascertained knowledge of the living being leads to loving service of the Lord, which the living being requires. The kingdom of God is unlimited; therefore the number of the assisting hands of the Lord is also unlimited. The  Bhagavad-gītā  asserts that the Lord has His hands, legs, eyes and mouths in every nook and corner of His creation (Bg. 13.13). This means that the expansions of differentiated parts and parcels, called  jīvas  or the living entities, are assisting hands of the Lord, and all of them are meant for rendering a particular pattern of service to the Lord. The conditioned soul, even in the position of a Brahmā, forgets this by the influence of illusory material energy generated out of false egoism. Such false egoism can be counteracted by invoking God consciousness. Liberation means getting out of the slumber of forgetfulness and becoming situated in the real loving service of the Lord, as it is exemplified in the case of Brahmā. The service of Brahmā is the sample of service in liberation distinguished from the so-called altruistic services full of mistakes and forgetfulness. Liberation is never inaction, but service without human mistakes.
TEXT 2
शब्दस्य हि ब्रह्मण एष पन्था
यन्नामभिध्यायति धीरपार्थैः ।
परिभ्रमंस्तत्र न विन्दतेऽर्थान्
मायामये वासनया शयानः ॥ २ ॥
śābdasya hi brahmaṇa eṣa panthā
yan nāmabhir dhyāyati dhīr apārthaiḥ
paribhramanis tatra na vindate'rthān
māyāmaye vāsanayā śayānaḥ