BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:27

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 7:27

 

iccha-dvesa-samutthena

dvandva-mohena bharata

sarva-bhutani sammoham

sarge yanti parantapa

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

iccha--desire; dvesa--and hate; samutthena--arisen from; dvandva--of

duality; mohena--by the illusion; bharata--O scion of Bharata;

sarva--all; bhutani--living entities; sammoham--into delusion;

sarge--while taking birth; yanti--go; parantapa--O conqueror of

enemies.

 

TRANSLATION

 

O scion of Bharata, O conqueror of the foe, all living entities are

born into delusion, bewildered by dualities arisen from desire and

hate.

 

PURPORT

 

The real constitutional position of the living entity is that of

subordination to the Supreme Lord, who is pure knowledge. When one is

deluded into separation from this pure knowledge, he becomes

controlled by illusory energy and cannot understand the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. The illusory energy is manifested in the

duality of desire and hate. Due to desire and hate, the ignorant

person wants to become one with the Supreme Lord and envies Krsna as

the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Pure devotees, who are not deluded

or contaminated by desire and hate, can understand that Lord Sri Krsna

appears by His internal potencies, but those who are deluded by

duality and nescience think that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is

created by material energies. This is their misfortune. Such deluded

persons, symptomatically, dwell in dualities of dishonor and honor,

misery and happiness, woman and man, good and bad, pleasure and pain,

etc., thinking, "This is my wife; this is my house; I am the master of

this house; I am the husband of this wife." These are the dualities of

delusion. Those who are so deluded by dualities are completely foolish

and therefore cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

 

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