62 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 2

Being the incarnation of the passion-mode of material nature, he is em-
powered by the Lord to generate the beautiful material manifestation. Yet,
due to his becoming one of the numerous living entities, he is apt
to forget the art of his creative energy. This forgetfulness of the living
being—beginning from Brahma down to the lowest insignificant ant—is a
tendency which can be counteracted by meditation on the virdta riipa of
the Lord. This chance is available in the human form of life, and if a
human being follows the instruction of Srimad-Bhagavatam and begins to
meditate upon the virata riipa, then revival of his pure consciousness and
counteraction to the tendency of his forgetfulness of his eternal relation-
ship with the Lord can follow simultaneously. And as soon as this
forgetfulness is removed, at once the vyavasdya-buddhi, as it is stated
here and in the Bhagavad-gita (2.41), follows at once. This ascertained
knowledge of the living being leads to loving service of the Lord, which the
living being requires. The kingdom of God is unlimited; therefore the
number of the assisting hands of the Lord is also unlimited. The
Bhagavad-gita asserts that the Lord has His hands, legs, eyes and mouths in
every nook and corner of His creation (Bg. 13.13). This means that the
expansions of differentiated parts and parcels, called jivas or the living
entities, are assisting hands of the Lord, and all of them are meant for
rendering a particular pattern of service to the Lord. The conditioned
soul, even in the position of a Brahma, forgets this by the influence of
illusory material energy generated out of false egoism. Such false egoism
can be counteracted by invoking God consciousness. Liberation means
getting out of the slumber of forgetfulness and becoming situated in the
real loving service of the Lord, as it is exemplified in the case of Brahma.
The service of Brahma is the sample of service in liberation distinguished
from the so-called altruistic services full of mistakes and forgetfulness.
Liberation is never inaction, but service without human mistakes.

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arce ft sam Ty IAN
qararaiat =| ata: |
qftaderr oa firxdsala
aMTRY ATTA WTA HN

Sabdasya hi brahmana esa pantha
yan ndmabhir dhyayati dhir aparthath
paribhramams tatra na vindate’rthan
maydmaye vasanayd Ssaydnah
