102 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2
to us concerning why He does something and why He does not, His
supremacy would be curtailed.
TEXT 40
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pathi cyutam tisthati dista-raksitam
grhe sthitam tad-vihatam vinasyati
Jivaty anatho ‘pi tad-iksito vane
grhe ’bhigupto ’sya hato na jivati
pathi—on the public road; cyutam—some possession dropped;
tisthati—it remains; dista-raksitam—protected by destiny; grhe—at
home; sthitam—although situated; tat-vihatam—struck by the will of
the Supreme; vinasyati—it is lost; jivati—remains alive; andthah api—
although without a protector; tat-iksitah—being protected by the Lord;
vane—in the forest; grhe—at home; abhiguptah—well hidden and pro-
tected; asya—of this one; hatah—struck; na—not; jivati—lives.
TRANSLATION
Sometimes one loses his money on a public street, where every-
one can see it, and yet his money is protected by destiny and not
seen by others. Thus the man who lost it gets it back. On the other
hand, if the Lord does not give protection, even money maintained
very securely at home is lost. If the Supreme Lord gives one pro-
tection, even though one has no protector and is in the jungle, one
remains alive, whereas a person well protected at home by relatives
and others sometimes dies, no one being able to protect him.
PURPORT
These are examples of the supremacy of the Lord. Our plans to protect
or annihilate do not act, but whatever He thinks of doing actually hap-
