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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 17]
without being affected by material nature;  sukhe —in happiness;  na —not;  rāgaḥ —attachment;  kutaḥ —from where;  eva —indeed;  roṣaḥ —anger.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is equally disposed toward all living entities. Therefore no one is very dear to Him, and no one is a great enemy for Him; no one is His friend, and no one is His relative. Being unattached to the material world, He has no affection for so-called happiness or hatred for so-called distress. The two terms happiness and distress are relative. Since the Lord is always happy, for Him there is no question of distress.
TEXT 23
तथापि तच्छक्तिविसर्ग एषां
सुखाय दुःखाय हिताहिताय ।
बन्धाय मोक्षाय च मृत्युजन्मनोः
शरीरिणां संसृतयेऽवकल्पते ॥२३॥
tathāpi tac-chakti-visarga eṣām
sukhāya duḥkhāya hitāhitāya
bandhāya mokṣāya ca mṛtyu-janmanoḥ
śarīriṇām saṁsṛtaye 'vakalpate
tathāpi —still;  tat-śakti —of the Lord's energy;  visargaḥ —the creation;  eṣām —of these (conditioned souls);  sukhāya —for the happiness;  duḥkhāya —for the distress;  hita-ahitāya —for the profit and loss;  bandhāya —for the bondage;  mokṣāya —for the liberation;  ca —also;  mṛtyu —of death;  janmanoḥ —and birth;  śarīriṇām —of all those who accept material bodies;  saṁsṛtaye —for the repetition;  avakalpate —acts.
TRANSLATION
Although the Supreme Lord is unattached to our happiness and distress according to karma, and although no one is His enemy or favorite, He creates pious and impious activities through the