Text 15] The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata 29

TEXT 15

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isabhisrstam hy avarundhmahe ‘nga
duhkham sukham va guna-karma-sangat

asthaya tat tad yad ayunkta nathas
caksusmatandha iva niyamanah

isa-abhisrstam—created or given by the Lord; hi—certainly;
avarundhmahe—we have to accept; arga—my dear Priyavrata;
duhkham—distress; sukham—happiness; vd—or; guna-karma—with
quality and work; sarigat—by association; asthaya—being situated in;
tat tat—that condition; yat—which body; ayunkta—He gave; ndthah—
the Supreme Lord; caksusmata—by a person having eyes; andhah—
blind men; iva—like; niyamanah—being conducted.

TRANSLATION

My dear Priyavrata, according to our association with different
modes of material nature, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
gives us our specific bodies and the happiness and distress we
achieve. One must therefore remain situated as he is and be con-
ducted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exactly as a blind
man is led by a person who has eyes with which to see.

PURPORT

By material means, one cannot avoid the happiness and distress
unique to his particular body. There are 8,400,000 bodily forms. each
destined to enjoy and suffer a certain amount of happiness and distress.
This we cannot change, for the happiness and distress are ordained by
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in accordance with whose decision
