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TEXT 9 na ca mam tani karmani
SYNONYMS  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--in
them; karmasu--in activities.
TRANSLATION O Dhananjaya,
all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever detached, 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
it is stated: "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 explained here. Although He has control over every minute detail of
matter, 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
it is stated that 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.
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