SB 10.5.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

naUnaM ÷a{"í"inan"Ae'yama,
@a{"í"par"maAe jana:
@a{"í"maAtmanastaÔvaM
yaAe vaed" na s$a mau÷ita

nunam hy adrsta-nistho 'yam

adrsta-paramo janah

adrstam atmanas tattvam

yo veda na sa muhyati

nunam-certainly; hi-indeed; adrsta-unseen; nisthah ayam-something ends there; adrsta-the unseen destiny; paramah-ultimate; janah-every living entity within this material world; adrstam-that destiny; atmanah-of oneself; tattvam-ultimate truth; yah-anyone who; veda-knows; na-not; sah-he; muhyati-becomes bewildered.

TRANSLATION

Every man is certainly controlled by destiny, which determines the results of one's fruitive activities. In other words, one has a son or daughter because of unseen destiny, and when the son or daughter is no longer present, this also is due to unseen destiny. Destiny is the ultimate controller of everyone. One who knows this is never bewildered.

PURPORT

Nanda Maharaja consoled his younger brother Vasudeva by saying that destiny is ultimately responsible for everything. Vasudeva should not be unhappy that his many children had been killed by Kamsa or that the last child, the daughter, had gone to the heavenly planets.