The Vital Force of the Universe 95

(tad atyanta-vidambanam). We conditioned living entities transmigrate
from one body to another because we are forced to do so by the laws of
nature, but Krsna does not appear because He is forced. That is the dif-
ference. Those who are foolish rascals think, ‘‘I have taken my birth in
this world, and Krsna has taken birth here also. Therefore I am also
God.”’ They do not know that they will have to take birth again by the
force of the laws of nature.

One may have been given the chance to have a very beautiful body ina
country where one can live in opulence and receive a good education. But
if one misuses all this, one will get another body according to one’s men-
tality. For example, at the present moment, despite so many arrange-
ments by the government for good schools and universities, the civilized
countries of the world are producing hippies, young people who are so
frustrated that they even worship hogs. But if one associates with the
qualities of the hogs, one will actually become a hog in one’s next birth.
Prakrteh kriyamanani gunaih karmani sarvasah. Nature will give one a full
opportunity: ‘‘All right, sir, become a hog.”’ Such are nature’s arrange-
ments. Prakrti, nature, has three modes, and if one associates with one
type of mode, one will receive his next body accordingly.

Krsna’s appearance and disappearance are meant to put an end to the
living entities’ transmigration from one body to another, and therefore
one should understand the greatness of the plan behind Krsna’s ap-
pearance and disappearance. It is not that Krsna comes whimsically. He
has a great plan, otherwise why should He come here? He is very much
eager to take us back home, back to Godhead. That is Krsna’s business.
Therefore He says:

sarva-dharman parityajya
mam ekam Saranam vraja

aham tvam sarva-papebhyo
moksayisyami ma sucah

‘*Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall
deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.’ (Bg. 18.66) All of us
are children of Krsna, God, and since we are unhappy because of taking
material bodies for repeated birth, death, old age, and disease, He is
more unhappy than we are. Our situation in the material body is not at all
comfortable, but we are such foolish rascals that we do not care to do any-
thing about this. We are busy trying to arrange for temporary comforts in
this life, but we are neglecting the real discomforts of birth, death, old
