200 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 6
the universal form of the Lord. So long as they are engaged in the service
of the complete whole, their position is secure, otherwise they fall down
from their respective positions and become degraded.
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tvam karmanam mangala mangalanam
kartuh sva-lokarh tanuse svah pararh va
amangalanam ca tamisram ulbanam
viparyayah kena tadeva kasyacit
tvam—your lordship; karmanam—of the prescribed duties; mangala—
O most auspicious; mangalanam—of the auspicious; kartuh—of the per-
former; sva-lokam—respective higher planetary systems; tanuse—cexpand;
svah—heavenly planets; param—transcendental world; vd—or; amangala-
naém—of the inauspicious; ca—and; tamisram—the name of a particular hell;
ulbanam- ghastly ; viparyayah—the opposite; kena—why ; tat eva—certainly
that; kasyacit—for someone.
TRANSLATION
O most auspicious lord, you have destined the heavenly planets, the
spiritual Vaikuntha planets, or the impersonal Brahman sphere as the
respective positions of the performers of auspicious activities. Similarly,
for others, who are miscreants, you have destined different kinds of hells
which are horrible and ghastly. Yet sometimes it is found that their desti-
nations are just the opposite. It is very difficult to ascertain the cause of this.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is called the supreme will. By the
supreme will everything is happening. It is said, therefore, that not a blade
of grass moves without the supreme will. Generally it is prescribed that
performers of pious activities are promoted to the higher planetary systems,
devotees are promoted to the Vaikunthas or spiritual worlds, and imperson-
al speculators are promoted to the impersonal Brahman effulgence; but it
sometimes so happens that a miscreant like Ajamila is immediately pro-
moted to the Vaikuntha-loka simply by chanting the name of Narayana.
