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TEXT 21 yo yo yam yam tanum bhaktah
SYNONYMS  yah--that;
yah--that; yam--which; yam--which; tanum--form
of the demigods; bhaktah--devotee; sraddhaya--with faith;
arcitum--to worship; icchati--desires; tasya--of that;
tasya--of that; acalam--steady; sraddham--faith; tam--him;
eva--surely; vidadhami--give; aham--I.
TRANSLATION I am in everyone's
heart as the Supersoul. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods,
I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to some particular
deity.
PURPORT God has given
independence to everyone; therefore, if a person desires to have material
enjoyment and wants very sincerely to have such facilities from the material
demigods, the Supreme Lord, as Supersoul in everyone's heart, understands
and gives facilities to such persons. As the supreme father of all living
entities, He does not interfere with their independence, but gives all
facilities so that they can fulfill their material desires. Some may ask
why the all-powerful God gives facilities to the living entities for enjoying
this material world and so lets them fall into the trap of the illusory
energy. The answer is that if the Supreme Lord as Supersoul does not give
such facilities, then there is no meaning to independence. Therefore He
gives everyone full independence--whatever one likes--but His ultimate
instruction we find in the Bhagavad-gita: man should give up all
other engagements and fully surrender unto Him. That will make man happy.
Both the
living entity and the demigods are subordinate to the will of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; therefore the living entity cannot worship the
demigod by his own desire, nor can the demigod bestow any benediction without
the supreme will. As it is said, not a blade of grass moves without the
will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Generally, persons who are
distressed in the material world go to the demigods, as they are advised
in the Vedic literature. A person wanting some particular thing may worship
such and such a demigod. For example, a diseased person is recommended
to worship the sun-god; a person wanting education may worship the goddess
of learning, Sarasvati; and a person wanting a beautiful wife may worship
the goddess Uma, the wife of Lord Siva. In this way there are recommendations
in the sastras (Vedic scriptures) for different modes of worship
of different demigods. And because a particular living entity wants to
enjoy a particular material facility, the Lord inspires him with a strong
desire to achieve that benediction from that particular demigod, and so
he successfully receives the benediction. The particular mode of the devotional
attitude of the living entity toward a particular type of demigod is also
arranged by the Supreme Lord. The demigods cannot infuse the living entities
with such an affinity, but because He is the Supreme Lord or the Supersoul
who is present in the heart of all living entities, Krsna gives impetus
to man to worship certain demigods. The demigods are actually different
parts of the universal body of the Supreme Lord; therefore they have no
independence. In the Vedic literature (Taittiriya Upanisad, First
Anuvaka) it is stated: "The Supreme Personality of Godhead as Supersoul
is also present within the heart of the demigod; therefore He arranges
through the demigod to fulfill the desire of the living entity. But both
the demigod and the living entity are dependent on the supreme will. They
are not independent."
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