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The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
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TEXT 15
ईशाभिसृष्टं ह्यवरुन्ध्महेऽङ्ग 
  दुःखं सुखं वा गुणकर्मसङ्गत् । 
  आस्थाय तत्तद्यदयुङ्क्त नाथ- 
  श्वश्रुष्मतान्धा इव नीयमानाः ॥१५॥
īśābhiṣṛṣṭam hy avarundhmahe 'ṅga 
  duḥkham sukham vā guṇa-karma-saṅgāt 
  āsthāya tat tad yad ayuṅkta nāthaś 
  cakṣuṣmatāndhā iva nīyamānāḥ
īśa-abhiṣṛṣṭam—created or given by the Lord; hi—certainly; avarundhmahe—we have to accept; aṅga—my dear Priyavrata; duḥkham—distress; sukham—happiness; vā—or; guṇa-karma—with quality and work; saṅgāt—by association; āsthāya—being situated in; tat tat—that condition; yat—which body; ayuṅkta—He gave; nāthaḥ—the Supreme Lord; cakṣuṣmatā—by a person having eyes; andhāḥ—blind men; iva—like; nīyamānāḥ—being conducted.
TRANSLATION
My dear Priyavrata, according to our association with different modes of material nature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead gives us our specific bodies and the happiness and distress we achieve. One must therefore remain situated as he is and be conducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exactly as a blind man is led by a person who has eyes with which to see.
PURPORT
By material means, one cannot avoid the happiness and distress unique to his particular body. There are 8,400,000 bodily forms, each destined to enjoy and suffer a certain amount of happiness and distress. This we cannot change, for the happiness and distress are ordained by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in accordance with whose decision