234 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 5
“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give
the understanding by which they can come to Me.” Everyone is actually a
servant, not an enemy or friend, and everyone is working under dif-
ferent directions from the Lord, who directs each living entity according
to his mentality.
TEXT 13
a Oy Seat areeaglahi-
qearmaeam fread |
gata waif Taha
TETTA ay Hrafea F afer 2 31
sa esa Gtmé sva-parety abuddhibhir
duratyayanukramano niriipyate
muhyanti yad-vartmani veda-vadino
brahmadayo hy esa bhinatti me matim
sah—He; esah—this; dtma—Supersoul situated in everyone’s heart;
sva-para—this is my own business, and that is someone else’s; iti—thus;
abuddhibhih—by those who have such bad intelligence; duratyaya—
very difficult to follow; anukramanah—whose devotional service;
niriipyate—is ascertained (by scriptures or the instructions of the
spiritual master); muhyanti—are bewildered; yat—of whom;
vartmani—on the path; veda-vadinah—the followers of Vedic instruc-
tions; brahma-ddayah—the demigods, beginning from Lord Brahma;
hi—indeed; esah—this one; bhinatti—changes; me—my; matim—in-
telligence.
TRANSLATION
Persons who always think in terms of “enemy” and “friend”
are unable to ascertain the Supersoul within themselves. Not to
speak of them, even such exalted persons as Lord Brahma, who are
fully conversant with the Vedic literature, are sometimes
bewildered in following the principles of devotional service. The
same Supreme Personality of Godhead who has created this situa-
tion has certainly given me the intelligence to take the side of your
so-called enemy.
