Text 55] King Citraketu’s Lamentation 43
born later; yad—which; mrtih—death; viparyayah—contradictory;
cet—if; tvam—You; asi—are; dhruvah—indeed; parah—an enemy.
TRANSLATION
Alas, O Providence, O Creator, You are certainly inexperienced
in creation, for during the lifetime of a father You have caused the
death of his son, thus acting in opposition to Your creative laws. If
You are determined to contradict these laws, You are certainly the
enemy of living entities and are never merciful.
PURPORT
This is the way a conditioned soul condemns the supreme creator when
he meets reverses. Sometimes he accuses the Supreme Personality of
Godhead of being crooked because some people are happy and some are
not. Here the Queen blames supreme providence for her son’s death.
Following the creative laws, a father should die first and then his son. If
the creative laws are changed according to the whims of providence, then
providence certainly should not be considered merciful, but must be con-
sidered inimical to the created being. Actually it is not the creator, but
the conditioned soul who is inexperienced. He does not know how the
subtle laws of fruitive activity work, and without knowledge of these
laws of nature, he ignorantly criticizes the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.
TEXT 55
4 fe matte TeqaA:
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Tofeorreg acreTRatH: |
a TET PMAtaza
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eet Hat aftet feats asi
na hi kramas ced iha mrtyu-janmanoh
Saririndm astu tad dtma-karmabhih
yah sneha-pdSo nija-sarga-vrddhaye
svayam krtas te tam imam vivrscasi
