56
Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 15]
on the supreme will. It is by the supreme will that we are situated in certain conditions in terms of family, community and personality. These are all arrangements of the Supreme Lord according to our desires under the spell of  māyā , illusion. In devotional life, therefore, one should not desire anything, since everything depends on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in  Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu  (1.1.11):
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānu- śilanaṁ bhaktir uttamā
“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.” One should act only to develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness. For everything else, one should fully depend upon the Supreme Person. We should not create plans that will ultimately make us frustrated.
TEXT 5
वयं च त्वं च ये चेमे तुल्यकालाश्वराचराः । जन्ममृत्योर्यथापश्चात् प्राङ्नैवमधुनापि भोः ॥ ५ ॥
vayaṁ ca tvaṁ ca ye ceme tulya-kālāś carācarāḥ janma-mṛtyor yathā paścāt prāṅ naivam adhunāpi bhoḥ
vayam —we (the great sages and the ministers and adherents of the King);  ca —and;  tvam —you;  ca —also;  ye —who;  ca —also;  ime —these;  tulya-kālāḥ —assembled at the same time;  cara-acarāḥ —moving and not moving;  janma —birth;  mṛtyoḥ —and death;  yathā —just as;  paścāt —after;  prāk —before;  na —not;  evam —thus;  adhunā —at present;  api —although;  bhoḥ —O King.