SB 4.28.54

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Haribol!

I searched the VedaBase for quotes on the fall/no fall

subject. I got literally hundreds of hits, but I

thought this was the most explicit. It is from Srimad

Bhagavatam, 4.28.54.

 

YS,

Maharani dd

 

TEXT 54

TEXT

haàsäv ahaà ca tvaà cärya

sakhäyau mänasäyanau

abhütäm antarä vaukaù

sahasra-parivatsarän

SYNONYMS

haàsau—two swans; aham—I; ca—and; tvam—you; ca—also;

ärya—O great soul; sakhäyau—friends;

mänasa-ayanau—together in the Mänasa Lake;

abhütäm—became; antarä—separated; vä—indeed; okaù—from

the original home; sahasra—thousands;

pari—successively; vatsarän—years.

TRANSLATION

My dear gentle friend, both you and I are exactly like

two swans. We live together in the same heart, which

is just like the Mänasa Lake. Although we have been

living together for many thousands of years, we are

still far away from our original home.

PURPORT

The original home of the living entity and the Supreme

Personality of Godhead is the spiritual world. In the

spiritual world both the Lord and the living entities

live together very peacefully. Since the living entity

remains engaged in the service of the Lord, they both

share a blissful life in the spiritual world. However,

when the living entity wants to enjoy himself, he

falls down into the material world. Even while he is

in that position, the Lord remains with him as the

Supersoul, his intimate friend. Because of his

forgetfulness, the living entity does not know that

the Supreme Lord is accompanying him as the Supersoul.

In this way the living entity remains conditioned in

each and every millennium. Although the Lord follows

him as a friend, the living entity, because of

forgetful material existence, does not recognize Him.

SB 4.28.54

 

 

 

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