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Śrīmad Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 9]
but he serves the bodily whims unnecessarily, without profit. The drunkard does not derive any profit out of drinking, but because he has become a servant of the drinking habit and does not wish to get out of it, the merciful Lord gives him all facilities to fulfill such desires.
The impersonalists recommend that one should become desireless, and others recommend banishing desires altogether. That is impossible; no one can banish desires altogether because desiring is the living symptom. Without having desires a living entity would be dead, which he is not. Therefore, living conditions and desire go together. Perfection of desires may be achieved when one desires to serve the Lord, and the Lord also desires that every living entity should banish all personal desires and cooperate with the desires of the Lord. That is the last instruction of the  Bhagavadgītā . Brahmājī agreed to this proposal, and therefore he is given the responsible post of creating generations in the vacant universe. Oneness with the Lord is therefore to dovetail one's desires with the desires of the Supreme Lord. That makes for the perfection of all desires.
The Lord, as the Supersoul in the heart of every living being, knows what is there in the mind of each living entity, and no one can do anything without the knowledge of the Lord within. By His superior intelligence, the Lord gives everyone the chance to fulfill his desires to the fullest extent, and the resultant reaction is also awarded by the Lord.
TEXT 26
तथापि नाथमानस्य नाथ नाथय नाथितम् । परात्ररे यथा रूपे जानीयां ते त्वरूपिणः ॥२६॥
tathāpi nātha-mānasya nātha nāthaya nāthitam parāvare yathā rūpe jānīyām te tv arūpiṇaḥ
tathā api —in spite of that;  nātha-mānasya —of the one who is asking for;  nātha —of the Lord;  nāthaya —please award;  nāthitam —as it is desired;  parāvare —in the matter of mundane and transcendental;  yathā —as it is;  rūpe —in the form;  jānīyām —may it be known;  te —Your;  tu —but;  arūpiṇaḥ —one who is formless.