594 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 11
goddess of fortune, although by nature always restless and moving, could
not quit the Lord’s feet. So what woman can be detached from those feet,
having once taken shelter of them?

PURPORT

Conditioned living beings are always after the favor of the goddess of
fortune, although by nature she is moving from one place to another. In
the material world no one is permanently fortunate, however clever one
may be. There have been so many big empires in different parts of the
world, there have been so many powerful kings all over the world, and
there have been so many fortunate men, but all of them have been
liquidated gradually. This is the law of material nature. But spiritually it is
different. According to Brahma-sambhita, the Lord is served very respect-
fully by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune. They are always
in a lonely place also with the Lord. But still the association of the Lord is
so inspiringly newer and newer that they cannot quit the Lord for a
moment, even though they are by nature very restless and are moving
about. The spiritual relation with the Lord is so enlivening and resourceful
that no one can leave the company of the Lord, once having taken shelter
of it.

The living beings are by constitution feminine by nature. The male or
enjoyer is the Lord, and all manifestations of His different potencies are
feminine by nature. In the Bhagavad-gita, the living beings are designated
as para-prakrti, or the superior potency. The material elements are apara-
prakrti, or inferior potency. Such potencies are always employed for the
satisfaction of the employer or the enjoyer. The supreme enjoyer is the
Lord Himself, as stated in the Bhagavad-gita (Bg. 5.29). The potencies,
therefore, when engaged directly in the service of the Lord, revive the
natural color, and thus there is no disparity in the relation of the potent
and potency.

Generally people engaged in service are always seeking some post under
the government or the supreme enjoyer of the state. Since the Lord is the
supreme enjoyer of everything in or outside the universe, it is happiness to
be employed by Him. Once engaged in the supreme governmental service
of the Lord, no living being wishes to be relieved from the engagement.
The highest perfection of human life is to seek some employment under
the Lord’s supreme service. That will make one extremely happy. One
need not seek the moving goddess of fortune without the relation of the
Lord.
