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Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.” (Bg. 15.15)
The Supreme Personality of Godhead causes the  asuras  to forget Him and the devotees to remember Him. One’s disinclinations are due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to  Bhagavad-gītā  the  asuras  do not know which way one should be inclined to act and which way one should not be inclined to act.  Pravṛttim ca nivṛttim ca janā na vidur āsurāḥ : “Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done.” (Bg. 16.7) Although the  asuras  oppose devotional service, it is to be understood that they are inclined that way due to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because the  asuras  do not like to engage in the Lord’s devotional service, the Lord within gives them the intelligence to forget. Ordinary  karmīs  desire promotion to Pitṛloka, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Yānti deva-vratā devān pitṛn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ : “Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods, and those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors.” (Bg. 9.25)
In this verse the word  duḥkha-dāya  is also very significant, for those who are nondevotees are perpetually put into the cycle of birth and death. This is a very miserable condition. Because one’s position in life is attained according to one’s activities, the  asuras , or nondevotees, are put into such miserable conditions.
TEXT 42
नमस्त जाशिषामीश मनवे कारणात्मने । नमो धर्माय बृहते कृष्णायाकुष्ठयेचसे । पुरुषाय पुराणाय सांख्ययोगेश्वराय च ॥४२॥
namas ta āśiṣām īśa manave kāraṇātmane namo dharmāya bṛhate kṛṣṇāyākuṇṭha-medhase puruṣāya purāṇāya sāṅkhya-yogeśvarāya ca
namaḥ —offering obeisances;  te —unto You;  āśiṣām īśa —O topmost of all bestowers of benediction;  manave —unto the supreme mind or supreme Manu;  kāraṇa-ātmane —the supreme cause of all causes;  namaḥ —offering obeisances;  dharmāya —unto one who knows the best of all religion;  bṛhate —the greatest;  kṛṣṇāya —unto Kṛṣṇa;  akuṇṭha-medhase —unto one