Text 118] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 59

TEXT 117

Fe Sf cae Hea aaife-afeye |
GSH TA GTA CHR ALALA-GET 1 999

krsna bhuli’ sei jiva anddi-bahirmukha
ataeva mayd tare deya sarhsdra-duhkha

SYNONYMS
krsna bhuli’—forgetting Krsna; sei jiva—that living entity; anddi—from time
immemorial; bahih-mukha—attracted by the external feature; ataeva — therefore;
mayd—illusory energy; tare—to him; deya—gives; samsdra-duhkha—miseries of
material existence.
TRANSLATION

“Forgetting Krsna, the living entity has been attracted by the external
feature from time immemorial. Therefore the illusory energy [maya] gives him
all kinds of misery in his material existence.

PURPORT

When the living entity forgets his constitutional position as an eternal servant
of Krsna, he is immediately entrapped by the illusory, external energy. The living
entity is originally part and parcel of Krsna and is therefore the superior energy of
Krsna. He is endowed with inconceivable minute energy: that works inconceivably
within the body. However, the living entity, forgetting his position, is situated in
material energy. The living entity is called the marginal energy because by nature
he is spiritual but by forgetfulness he is situated in the material energy. Thus he
has the power to live either in the material energy or in the spiritual energy, and
for this reason he is called marginal energy. He is sometimes attracted by the ex-
ternal illusory energy when he stays in the marginal position, and this is the
beginning of his material life. When he enters the material energy, he is subjected
to the threefold time measurement —past, present and future. Past, present and
future belong only to the material world; they do not exist in the spiritual world.
The living entity is eternal, and he existed before the creation of this material
world. Unfortunately he has forgotten his relationship with Krsna. The living en-
tity's forgetfulness is described herein as anadi, which indicates that it has existed
since time immemorial. One should understand that due to his desire to enjoy
himself in competition with Krsna, the living entity comes into material existence.

TEXT 118

FE At VT, FY ACF Gata |
POITCA AS CAA AMICS HalA tt soe
