Text 42] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1075
sarvasya caham hrdi sannivisto
mattah smrtir jnanam apohanam ca
“I am seated in everyone’s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowl-
edge and forgetfulness.” (Bg. 15.15)

The Supreme Personality of Godhead causes the asuras to forget Him
and the devotees to remember Him. One’s disinclinations are due to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. According to Bhagavad-gita the asuras
do not know which way one should be inclined to act and which way one
should not be inclined to act. Pravrttim ca nivrttim ca jana na vidur asurah:
‘Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not
to be done.” (Bg. 16.7) Although the asuras oppose devotional service, it
is to be understood that they are inclined that way due to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Because the asuras do not like to engage in the
Lord’s devotional service, the Lord within gives them the intelligence to
forget. Ordinary karmis desire promotion to Pitrloka, as confirmed in
Bhagavad-gita. Yanti deva-vrata devan pitrn yanti pitr-vratah: ‘Those who
worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods, and those who
worship ancestors go to the ancestors.” (Bg. 9.25)

In this verse the word duhkha-daya is also very significant, for those
who are nondevotees are perpetually put into the cycle of birth and death.
This is a very miserable condition. Because one’s position in life is attained
according to one’s activities, the asuras, or nondevotees, are put into such
miserable conditions.

TEXT 42
AA MATT FAY THOTT |
TR TAT UI SMAPS |
FHT TTT AST ATT UR
namas ta asisam tsa
manave karanatmane
namo dharmaya brhate
krsnayakuntha-medhase
purusaya puranaya
sankhya-yogesvaraya ca

namah—offering obeisances; te—unto You; asisam igsa—O topmost of all
bestowers of benediction; manave—unto the supreme mind or supreme
Manu; karana-atmane—the supreme cause of all causes; namah—offering
obeisances; dharmaya—unto one who knows the best of all religion;
brhate—the greatest; krsnaya—unto Krsna; akuntha-medhase—unto one
