TEXT 27
naisa paravara-matir bhavato nanu syaj
jantor yathatma-suhrdo jagatas tathapi
samsevaya surataror iva te prasadah
sevanurupam udayo na paravaratvam
SYNONYMS
nanot; esathis; para-avaraof higher or lower; matihsuch discrimination; bhavatahof Your Lordship; nanuindeed; syatthere can be; jantohof ordinary living entities; yathaas; atma-suhrdahof one who is the friend; jagatahof the whole material world; tathapibut still (there is such a demonstration of intimacy or difference); samsevayaaccording to the degree of service rendered by the devotee; surataroh ivalike that of the desire tree in Vaikunthaloka (which offers fruits according to the desire of the devotee); teYour; prasadahbenediction or blessing; seva-anurupamaccording to the category of service one renders to the Lord; udayahmanifestation; nanot; para-avaratvamdiscrimination due to higher or lower levels.
TRANSLATION
Unlike an ordinary living entity, my Lord, You do not discriminate between friends and enemies, the favorable and the unfavorable, because for You there is no conception of higher and lower. Nonetheless, You offer Your benedictions according to the level of ones service, exactly as a desire tree delivers fruits according to ones desires and makes no distinction between the lower and the higher.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (4.11) the Lord clearly says, ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham: As one surrenders to Me, I reward him accordingly. As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, jivera svarupa hayakrsnera nitya-dasa: [Cc. Madhya 20.108] every living being is an eternal servant of Krsna. According to the service the living entity renders, he automatically receives benedictions from Krsna, who does not make distinctions, thinking, Here is a person in an intimate relationship with Me, and here is a person I dislike. Krsna advises everyone to surrender to Him (sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]). Ones relationship with the Supreme Lord is in proportion to that surrender and the service one renders unto the Lord. Thus throughout the entire world the higher or lower positions of the living entities are selected by the living entities themselves. If one is inclined to dictate that the Lord grant something, one receives benedictions according to his desires. If one wants to be elevated to the higher planetary systems, the heavenly planets, he can be promoted to the place he desires, and if one wants to remain a hog or a pig on earth, the Lord fulfills that desire also. Therefore, ones position is determined by ones desires; the Lord is not responsible for the higher or lower grades of our existence. This is further explained quite definitely in Bhagavad-gita (9.25) by the Lord Himself:
Some people want to be promoted to the heavenly planets, some want to be promoted to Pitrloka, and some want to remain on earth, but if one is interested in returning home, back to Godhead, he can be promoted there also. According to the demands of a particular devotee, he receives a result by the grace of the Lord. The Lord does not discriminate, thinking, Here is a person favorable to Me, and here is a person who is not favorable. Rather, He fulfills the desires of everyone. Therefore the sastras enjoin:
Whether one is without desire [the condition of the devotees], or is desirous of all fruitive results, or is after liberation, one should with all efforts try to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead for complete perfection, culminating in Krsna consciousness. (Bhag. 2.3.10) According to ones position, whether as a devotee, a karmi or a jnani, whatever one wants one can get if one fully engages in the service of the Lord.

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