Verse 1.14.184-185

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 1.14.184-185:

এই-মত কাল-গতি, কেহ কা’রো নহে অতএব, ‘সংসার অনিত্য’ বেদে কহে ঈশ্বরের অধীন সে সকল-সংসার সংযোগ-বিযোগ কে করিতে পারে আর? ॥ ১৮৪-১৮৫ ॥

एइ-मत काल-गति, केह का’रो नहे अतएव, ‘संसार अनित्य’ वेदे कहे ईश्वरेर अधीन से सकल-संसार संयोग-वियोग के करिते पारे आर? ॥ १८४-१८५ ॥

ei-mata kāla-gati, keha kā’ro nahe ataeva, ‘saṃsāra anitya’ vede kahe īśvarera adhīna se sakala-saṃsāra saṃyoga-viyoga ke karite pāre āra? || 184-185 ||

ei-mata kala-gati, keha ka’ro nahe ataeva, ‘samsara anitya’ vede kahe isvarera adhina se sakala-samsara samyoga-viyoga ke karite pare ara? (184-185)

English translation:

(184-185) “Such is the current of time. No one is related to anyone else, therefore the Vedas declare that this material world is temporary. All universes are under the control of the Supreme Lord. Who other than the Supreme Lord can unite or separate people?

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

Only by the will of the Lord are living entities in this material world separated or united, in other words, they take birth and die. No other hand or authority is involved. The propensities of directing and being directed are present in the living entities and the Supreme Lord. Although the living entities have independence, because their desire for sense gratification is incompatible they are forced to enjoy its bitter fruit. This unpalatable fruit is limited to the conditioned souls’ field of enjoyment.

Only on the strength of worshiping the Supreme Lord can the living entities become freed from mundane false ego and the conception of being the doer. Māyā, the neglected external energy of the Lord, punishes the living entities for misusing their independence by torturing them with the threefold miseries produced from the three modes of nature.

Therefore in happiness and distress, in good fortune or in bad—everywhere the auspicious hand of the Lord is present. In this mood everyone should give up illusion and turn towards the service of the

Supreme Lord. As a result, at some auspicious moment the necessity of praying for the mercy of the Lord may arise in the minds of living entities.