Text 28] | Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 227

grant something, one receives benedictions according to his desires. If
one wants to be elevated to the higher planetary systems, the heavenly
planets, he can be promoted to the place he desires, and if one wants to
remain a hog or a pig on earth, the Lord fulfills that desire also.
Therefore, one’s position is determined by one’s desires; the Lord is not
responsible for the higher or lower grades of our existence. This is
further explained quite definitely in Bhagavad-gita (9.25) by the Lord
Himself:
yanti deva-vrata devan
pit?n yanti pitr-vratah
bhiitani yanti bhitejya
yanti mad-yajino "pi mam

Some people want to be promoted to the heavenly planets, some want to
be promoted to Pitrloka, and some want to remain on earth, but if one is
interested in returning home, back to Godhead, he can be promoted
there also. According to the demands of a particular devotee, he receives
a result by the grace of the Lord. The Lord does not discriminate, think-
ing, ““Here is a person favorable to Me, and here is a person who is not
favorable.” Rather, He fulfills the desires of everyone. Therefore the
Sdstras enjoin:
akamah sarva-kamo va
moksa-kama uddra-dhih
tivrena bhakti-yogena
yajeta purusam param

‘Whether one is without desire [the condition of the devotees], or is
desirous of all fruitive results, or is after liberation, one should with all
efforts try to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead for complete
perfection, culminating in Krsna consciousness.” (Bhdg. 2.3.10) Ac-
cording to one’s position, whether as a devotee, a karmi or a jnani, what-
ever one wants one can get if one fully engages in the service of the Lord.

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