BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:9

April 20, 2004

BHAGAVAD-GITA 9:9

na ca mam tani karmani

nibadhnanti dhananjaya

udasina-vad asinam

asaktam tesu karmasu

WORD FOR WORD

na--never; ca--also; mam--Me; tani--all those; karmani--activities;

nibadhnanti--bind; dhananjaya--O conqueror of riches; udasina-vat--as

neutral; asinam--situated; asaktam--without attraction; tesu--for

those; karmasu--activities.

TRANSLATION

O Dhananjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached from

all these material activities, seated as though neutral.

PURPORT

One should not think, in this connection, that the Supreme Personality

of Godhead has no engagement. In His spiritual world He is always

engaged. In the Brahma-samhita (5.6) it is stated, atmaramasya

tasyasti prakrtya na samagamah: "He is always involved in His eternal,

blissful, spiritual activities, but He has nothing to do with these

material activities." Material activities are being carried on by His

different potencies. The Lord is always neutral in the material

activities of the created world. This neutrality is mentioned here

with the word udasina-vat. Although He has control over every minute

detail of material activities, He is sitting as if neutral. The

example can be given of a high-court judge sitting on his bench. By

his order so many things are happening--someone is being hanged,

someone is being put into jail, someone is awarded a huge amount of

wealth--but still he is neutral. He has nothing to do with all that

gain and loss. Similarly, the Lord is always neutral, although He has

His hand in every sphere of activity. In the Vedanta-sutra (2.1.34) it

is stated, vaisamya-nairghrnye na: He is not situated in the dualities

of this material world. He is transcendental to these dualities. Nor

is He attached to the creation and annihilation of this material

world. The living entities take their different forms in the various

species of life according to their past deeds, and the Lord doesn't

interfere with them.

permission.

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