Text 53] Purarijana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life 1349
very intimate friend? Unfortunately, you gave up My company and accepted
a position as enjoyer of this material world.
PURPORT
As stated in Bhagavad-gita:
iccha-dvesa-samutthena
dvandva-mohena bharata
sarva-bhiitani sarmmoham
sarge yanti parantapa

“O scion of Bharata [ Arjuna] ,O conquerer of the foe, all living entities are
born into delusion, overcome by the dualities of desire and hate.” (Bg. 7.27)

This is an explanation of how the living entity falls down into this ma-
terial world. In the spiritual world there is no duality, nor is there hate. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead expands Himself into many. In order to
enjoy bliss more and more, the Supreme Lord expands Himself in different
categories. As mentioned in the Varadha Purdpa, He expands Himself in
visnu-tattva (the svadmsa expansion) and in His marginal potency (the
vibhinndmsa, or the living entity). These expanded living entities are
innumerable, just as the minute molecules of sunshine are innumerable
expansions of the sun. The vibhinndmsa expansions, the marginal potencies
of the Lord, are the living entities. When the living entities desire to enjoy
themselves, they develop a consciousness of duality and come to hate the
service of the Lord. In this way the living entities fall into the material
world. In the Prema-vivarta it is said:

krsna-bahirmukha haiia bhoga-vaiica kare
nikata-stha maya tare japatiya dhare

The natural position of the living entity is to serve the Lord in a transcen-
dental loving attitude. When the living entity wants to become Krsna
Himself or imitate Krsna, he falls down into the material world. Since
Krsna is the Supreme Father, His affection for the living entity is eternal.
When the living entity falls down into the material world, the Supreme
Lord, through His svamsa expansion (Paramatma), keeps company with the
living entity. In this way the living entity may some day return home, back
to Godhead.

By misusing his independence, the living entity falls down from the
service of the Lord and takes a position in this material world as an enjoyer.
That is to say, the living entity takes his position within a material body.
