Text 58] Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
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adharma , in a struggle for existence to become like Krṣṇa. Therefore out of compassion Krṣṇa creates this material world to give the living entity a chance to understand his real position.  Bhagavad-gītā  and similar Vedic literatures are presented so that the living being may understand his relationship with Krṣṇa.  Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ  (Bg. 15.15). All these Vedic literatures are meant to enable the human being to understand what he is, what his actual position is, and what his relationship is with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is called  brahma-jijñāsā . Every conditioned soul is struggling, but human life provides the best chance for him to understand his position. Therefore this verse says,  anugrahas tan-nivrtteḥ , indicating that the false life of repeated birth and death must be stopped and the conditioned soul should be educated. This is the purpose of the creation.
The creation does not arise whimsically, as atheistic men think.
asatyam apratiṣtham te jagad āhur anīśvaram aparaspara-sambhūtam kim anyat kāma-haitukam
“They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust.” (Bg. 16.8) Atheistic rascals think that there is no God and that the creation has taken place by chance, just as a man and woman meet by chance and the woman becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child. Actually, however, this is not the fact. The fact is that there is a purpose for this creation: to give the conditioned soul a chance to return to his original consciousness, Krṣṇa consciousness, and then return home, back to Godhead, and be completely happy in the spiritual world. In the material world the conditioned soul is given a chance to satisfy his senses, but at the same time he is informed by Vedic knowledge that this material world is not his actual place for happiness.  Janma-mrtyu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam  (Bg. 13.9). One must stop the repetition of birth and death. Every human being, therefore, should take advantage of this creation by understanding Krṣṇa and his relationship with Krṣṇa and in this way return home, back to Godhead.