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TEXT 18
samsara-cakra etasmin
jantur ajnana-mohitah
bhramyan sukham ca duhkham ca
bhunkte sarvatra sarvada
SYNONYMS
samsara-cakre—in the wheel of material existence; etasmin—this; jantuh—the living entity; ajnana-mohitah—being bewildered by ignorance; bhramyan—wandering; sukham—happiness; ca—and; duhkham—distress; ca—also; bhunkte—he undergoes; sarvatra—everywhere; sarvada—always.
TRANSLATION
Deluded by ignorance, the living entity wanders in the forest of this material world, enjoying the happiness and distress resulting from his past deeds, everywhere and at all times. [Therefore, my dear mother, neither you nor I am to be blamed for this incident.]
PURPORT
“The bewildered soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by nature.” Actually a conditioned soul is completely under the control of material nature. Wandering here and there—always and everywhere—he is subjected to the results of his past deeds. This is carried out by the laws of nature, but one foolishly thinks himself the doer, which in fact he is not. To get free from the karma-cakra, the wheel of the results of one’s karma, one should take to bhakti-marga—devotional service, or Krsna consciousness. That is the only remedy. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66].
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