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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 17]
duḥkha nāi : “If the living entity tries to understand that he is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa, there will no longer be misery for him.” Kṛṣṇa wants us to give up all other engagements and surrender unto Him. If we do so, where will the cause and effect of this material world be? There is nothing like cause and effect for the surrendered soul. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura says in this regard that being put into this material world is like being thrown into a mine of salt. If one falls into a mine of salt, he tastes only salt wherever he goes. Similarly, this material world is full of miseries. The so-called temporary happiness of the world is also misery, but in ignorance we cannot understand this. That is the actual position. When one comes to his senses—when he becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious—he is no longer concerned with the various conditions of this material world. He is not concerned with happiness or distress, curses or favors, or heavenly or hellish planets. He sees no distinction between them.
TEXT 21
एकः सृजति भूतानि भगवानात्ममायया ।
एषां बन्धं च मोक्षं च सुखं दुःखं च निष्कलः ॥२॥
ekaḥ srjati bhūtāni bhagavān ātma-māyayā eṣām bandham ca mokṣam ca sukham duḥkham ca niṣkalaḥ
ekaḥ —one;  srjati —creates;  bhūtāni —different varieties of living entities;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  ātma-māyayā —by His personal potencies;  eṣām —of all the conditioned souls;  bandham —the conditional life;  ca —and;  mokṣam —the liberated life;  ca —also;  sukham —happiness;  duḥkham —distresses;  ca —and;  niṣkalaḥ —not affected by the material qualities.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one. Unaffected by the conditions of the material world, He creates all the conditioned souls by His own personal potency. Because of being contaminated by the material energy, the living entity is put into ignorance and