Text 163] The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya 287
TRANSLATION
“The Lord is the master of the potencies, and the living entity is the servant
of them. That is the difference between the Lord and the living entity.
However, you declare that the Lord and the living entities are one and the
same.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is by nature the master of all potencies.
By nature, the living entities, being infinitesimal, are always under the influence of
the Lord’s potencies. According to the Mundaka Upanisad (3.1.1-2):
dvd suparnd sayuja sakhaya
samanam vrksann parisa-svajate
tayor anyah pippalam svddv atty
anasnann anyo ‘bhicakasiti
samane vrkse puruso nimagno
‘nisaya Socati muhyamanah
justam yada pasyaty anyam isam
asya mahimdanam eti vita-Sokah
The Mundaka Upanisad completely distinguishes the Lord from the living entities.
The living entity is subjected to the reactions of fruitive activity, whereas the Lord
simply witnesses such activity and bestows the results. According to the living en-
tity's desires, he is wandering from one body to another and from one planet to
another, under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Paramatma.
However, when the living entity comes to his senses by the mercy of the Lord, he
is awarded devotional service. Thus he is saved from the clutches of maya. At
such a time he can see his eternal friend, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
and become free from all lamentation and hankering. This is confirmed in
Bhagavad-gitd (18.54), where the Lord says, brahma-bhutah prasannatma na socati
na kanksati: “One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the
Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything.” Thus it is
definitely proved that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master of all
potencies and that the living entities are always subjected to these potencies.
That is the difference between mayadhisa and may4-vasa.
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