Text 20] Mother Parvati Curses Citraketu 185
continues very strongly in the mode of ignorance presented by material
nature. One must therefore promote himself to the stage of goodness
through his character and behavior and then gradually come to the tran-
scendental platform, or adhoksaja platform, in which he realizes both his
position and the position of others. Everything is done under the
ff superintendence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The process by
which the results of action are ordained is called niyatam, always
working.
TEXT 20
TUTTE TAAT Hs WT: Bl Taw: |
He SA ACH: Bl ATK AE FAAT A Roll
guna-pravaha etasmin
kah sapah ko nv anugrahah
kah svargo narakah ko va
kim sukham duhkham eva va

guna-pravahe—in the current of the modes of material nature;
etasmin—this; kah—what; sdpah—a curse; kah—what; nu—indeed;
anugrahah—a favor; kah—what; svargah—elevation to heavenly
planets; narakah—hell; kah—what; va—or; kim—what; sukham—
happiness; duhkham—distress; eva—indeed; vaé—or.

TRANSLATION

This material world resembles the waves of a constantly flowing
river. Therefore, what is a curse and what is a favor? What are the
heavenly planets, and what are the hellish planets? What is actually
happiness, and what is actually distress? Because the waves flow
constantly, none of them has an eternal effect.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura sings, (miche) mdyara vase, yaccha
bhese’, khaccha habudubu, bhai: ““My dear living entities within this
material world, why are you being carried away by the waves of the
modes of material nature?” (Jiva) krsna-dasa, ei viSvdsa, karle ta’ dra
