saṁsāra-cakra etasmiñ
saṁsāra-cakra etasmiñ
jantur ajñāna-mohitaḥ
bhrāmyan sukhaṁ ca duḥkhaṁ ca
bhuṅkte sarvatra sarvadā
Deluded by ignorance, the living entity wanders in the wheel of saṁsāra, enjoying happiness and distress everywhere and at all times.
This is the nature of the wheel of saṁsāra. It is not surprising.
|| 6.17.19 ||
naivātmā na paraś cāpi
kartā syāt sukha-duḥkhayoḥ
kartāraṁ manyate 'trājña
ātmānaṁ param eva ca
In this material world, neither the living entity nor others are the cause of material happiness and distress. But because of ignorance, the living entity thinks that he and others are the cause.
Aprajñaḥ means “with no discrimination.”[97]
|| 6.17.20 ||
guṇa-pravāha etasmin
kaḥ śāpaḥ ko nv anugrahaḥ
kaḥ svargo narakaḥ ko vā
kiṁ sukhaṁ duḥkham eva vā
In the river of the guṇas what is a curse and what is a blessing, what is Svarga and hell, and what is happiness and sorrow?
It has been said that one should accept happiness and distress. Everything that falls into a salt mine becomes salty. Thus, everything that falls into saṁsāra becomes saṁsāra. One should not make distinctions of happiness and suffering at all. As long as person who has fallen into a bottomless river does not reach the shore, he cannot attain real happiness. Thus curses, blessings, are all suffering as long as we are in this world.
|| 6.17.21 ||
ekaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni
bhagavān ātma-māyayā
eṣāṁ bandhaṁ ca mokṣaṁ ca
sukhaṁ duḥkhaṁ ca niṣkalaḥ
The one Lord, unaffected by māyā, creates the living entities, their bondage, liberation, happiness and distress by his māyā.
“Who throws a person into the river of guṇas, and who delivers him?” The Lord does this. By his māyā, by rajas, the Lord creates, by sattva he maintains and by tamas he destroys. By avidyā he creates bondage and by vidyā he gives liberation. By sattva he creates happiness and by tamas he creates suffering. The Lord is devoid of māyā (niṣkalaḥ).
|| 6.17.22 ||
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