Text 22] Departure of Lord Krsna for Dvaraka 535
PURPORT

The living entities are parts and parcels of the Lord. They are of two
varieties, namely the nitya-mukta and nitya-baddha. The nitya-muktas
are eternally liberated souls, and they are eternally engaged in the reciproca-
tion of transcendental loving service with the Lord in His eternal abode
beyond the manifested mundane creations. But the nitya-baddha or
eternally conditioned souls are entrusted to [is external energy, maya,
for rectification of their rebellious attitude towards the Supreme Father.
Nitya-baddhas are eternally forgetful of their relation with the Lord as
parts and parcels. They are bewildered by the illusory energy as products
of matter, and thus they are very busy in making plans in the material
world for becoming happy. They go on merrily with plans, but by the
will of the Lord both the planmakers and the plans are annihilated at the
end of a certain period, as above mentioned. This is confirmed in the
Bhagavad-gita as follows: “O son of Kunti, when the period of a kalpa
[the duration of the life of Brahma] is ended, all the living entities merge
unto My nature, and again when the time of creation is ripe, | begin
creation by the agency of My external energy.” (Bg. 9.7)

The word bhiiyah indicates again and again, that is to say the process of
creation, maintenance and annihilation is going on perpetually by the
external energy of the Lord. He is the cause of everything. But the living
beings who are constitutionally the parts and parcels of the Lord and are
forgetful of the sweet relation, are given a chance again to get rid of the
clutches of the external energy. And to revive his (the living being’s) con-
sciousness, the revealed scriptures are also created by the Lord. Vedic
literatures are the guiding directions for the conditioned souls so they
can get free from the repetition of creation and annihilation of the
material world and the material body.

The Lord says in the Bhagavad-gita, “‘This created world and material
energy are under My control. Under the influence of prakrti, automatically
they are created again and again, and this is done by Me through the
agency of My external energy.”

Actually the spiritual spark living entities have no material names or
forms. But in order to fulfill their desire to lord it over the material
energy of material forms and names, they are given a chance for such
false enjoyment, and at the same time they are given a chance to under-
stand the real position through the revealed scriptures. The foolish and
