1274 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 29

TEXT 39

ae Shc a eat A VATA: |
MRITAMRSA wet TAAAHA 123

na casya kascid dayito
na dvesyo na ca bandhavah
avisaty apramatto ‘sau
pramattam janam antakrt

na—not; ca—and; asya—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kascit—
anyone; dayitah—dear; na—not; dvesyah—enemy; na—not; ca—and;
bandhavah—friend; avisati_approaches; apramattah—attentive; asau—He;
pramattam—inattentive; janam—persons; anta-krt—the destroyer.

TRANSLATION

No one is dear to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor is anyone
His enemy or friend. But He gives inspiration to those who have not
forgotten Him and destroys those who have.

PURPORT

Forgetfulness of one’s relationship with Lord Visnu, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, is the cause of one’s repeated birth and death.
A living entity is as eternal as the Supreme Lord, but due to his forget-
fulness he is put into this material nature and transmigrates from one
body to another, and when the body is destroyed, he thinks that he is
also destroyed. Actually, this forgetfulness of his relationship with Lord
Visnu is the cause of his destruction. Anyone who revives his conscious-
ness of the original relationship receives inspiration from the Lord. This
does not mean that the Lord is someone’s enemy and someone else’s
friend. He helps everyone; one who is not bewildered by the influence of
material energy is saved, and one who is bewildered is destroyed. It is
said, therefore, harim vind na srtim taranti: no one can be saved from
the repetition of birth and death without the help of the Supreme Lord.
It is therefore the duty of all living entities to take shelter of the lotus
feet of Visnu and thus save themselves from the cycle of birth and death.

TEXT 40

TRA arasd aaa AAT |
TRAE BA ATM afl THAT (voll
