bhavāya nāśāya ca karma kartuṁ
bhavāya nāśāya ca karma kartuṁ
śokāya mohāya sadā bhayāya
sukhāya duḥkhāya ca deha-yogam
avyakta-diṣṭaṁ janatāṅga dhatte
All jīvas always attain bodies as directed by the Lord to perform actions for repeated birth and death, and for lamentation, illusion, happiness, and distress.
One should not lament about this, because all embodied souls, dependent on the Lord, tolerate all auspicious and inauspicious conditions by their own desire or others’ desire. All jīvas (janatā) always accept a combination with bodies given by the Lord (avyakta) for performing actions for repeated birth and death. They accept bodies earned by their actions only by the order of the Lord, just as the citizens accept certain results such as agricultural land or prison according to their actions only by the order of the king. The king alone can do otherwise. Therefore because of him you should obey.
|| 5.1.14 ||
yad-vāci tantyāṁ guṇa-karma-dāmabhiḥ[26]
sudustarair vatsa vayaṁ suyojitāḥ
sarve vahāmo balim īśvarāya
protā nasīva dvi-pade catuṣ-padaḥ
O child! All of us must obey the orders of the Lord, by whose words we are bound tightly to actions and designations arising from the guṇa, just as oxen, bound by the nose, must carry burdens.
Just as the jīvas are dependent on the Lord for accepting bodies, they are dependent for doing activities. Dear child! We are all bound firmly to actions according to the guṇas and to designations such as brāhmaṇa by the rope of injunctions of the Lord. To that Lord we offer tribute. We perform actions as he orders. An example is given. We are like oxen, who, bound by their noses, in carrying loads given by humans and moving about without independence, receive punishment.
|| 5.1.15 ||
īśābhisṛṣṭaṁ hy avarundhmahe 'ṅga
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