496 Srimad Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 9
but he serves the bodily whims unnecessarily, without profit. The drunkard
does not derive any profit oul of drinking, but because he has become a
servant of the drinking habit and does not wish to get out of it, the merci-
ful Lord gives him all facilities to fulfill such desires.

The impersonalists recommend that one should become desireless, and
others recommend banishing desires altogether. That is impossible; no one
can banish desires altogether because desiring is the living symptom. With-
oul having desires aliving entity would be dead, which he is not. Therefore,
living conditions and desire go together. Perfection of desires may be
achieved when one desires to serve the Lord, and the Lord also desires
that every living entity should banish all personal desires and cooperate
with the desires of the Lord. That is the last instruction of the Bhagavad-
gita. Brahmaji agreed to this proposal, and therefore he is given the
responsible post of creating generations in the vacant universe. Oneness
with the Lord is therefore to dovetail one’s desires with the desires of the
Supreme Lord. That makes for the perfection of all desires.

The Lord, as the Supersoul in the heart of every living being, knows
what is there in the mind of each living entily, and no one can do anything
without the knowledge of the Lord within. By His superior intelligence,
the Lord gives everyone the chance to fulfill his desires to the fullest extent,
and the resultant reaction is also awarded by the Lord.

TEXT 26
TANT ATTA ATT ATTA ATP |
RAT TAT SY aT TSH: 1124
tathapi natha-manasya
natha nathaya nathitam
paravare yatha ripe
janiyam te tv aripinah

tatha api--in spite of that; naétha-manasya—of the one who is asking for;
natha—of the Lord; nathaya—please award; nathitam—as it is desired;
paravare—in the matter of mundane and transcendental; yatha—as it is;
rupe—in the form; jantyam—may it be known; te—Your; tu—but; aripinah
—one who is formless.
