186 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 17
duhkha nai: “If the living entity tries to understand that he is an eternal
servant of Krsna, there will no longer be misery for him.”’ Krsna wants
us to give up all other engagements and surrender unto Him. If we do so,
where will the cause and effect of this material world be? There is
nothing like cause and effect for the surrendered soul. Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura says in this regard that being put into this material
world is like being thrown into a mine of salt. If one falls into a mine of
salt, he tastes only salt wherever he goes. Similarly, this material world is
full of miseries. The so-called temporary happiness of the world is also
misery, but in ignorance we cannot understand this. That is the actual
position. When one comes to his senses—when he becomes Krsna con-
scious—he is no longer concerned with the various conditions of this ma-
terial world. He is not concerned with happiness or distress, curses or
favors, or heavenly or hellish planets. He sees no distinction between
them.
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ekah srjati bhiitani
bhagavan adtma-mayaya
esam bandham ca moksam ca
sukham duhkham ca niskalah

ekah—one; srjati—creates; bhitani—different varieties of living en-
tities, bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dtma-
mayaya—by His personal potencies; esam—of all the conditioned souls;
bandham—the conditional life; ca—and; moksam—the liberated life;
ca—also; sukham—happiness; duhkham—distresses; ca—and;
niskalah—not affected by the material qualities.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is one. Unaffected by the
conditions of the material world, He creates all the conditioned
souls by His own personal potency. Because of being contaminated
by the material energy, the living entity is put into ignorance and
