Jiva Gosvami teaching Narottam, Srinivas and Syamananda at Radha Damodar Temple
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Sri Paramatma-Sandarbha, Volume 5, by Srila Jiva Goswami
Anuccheda 88
Text 1
jivasya ca katham maya-mohitatvam ghatetety aksepantaram aha
The question "How is it possible for the individual soul to be bewildered by the Lord's illusory potency maya?" is hinted in these words (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.7.5):
Text 2
desatah kalato yo 'sav
avasthatah svato 'nyatah aviluptavabodhatma
sa yujyetajaya katham
"The pure soul is pure consciousness and is never out of consciousness, either due to circumstances, time, situations, dreams, or other causes. How, then, does he become engaged in nescience?"
Text 3
yo 'sau desadibhir aviluptavabodha atma jivah. sa katham ajayavidyaya yujyeta. tatra desa-vyavadhanato desa-gata-dosato va caksuh-prakasa iva. kalato vidyud iva. avasthatah smrtir iva. svatah sukti-rajatam iva. anyato ghatadi-vastv iva na tasyavabodho lupyate. avyahata-svarupa-bhuta-j anasrayatvad evety arthah.
This verse explains that the individual soul (yo 'sau atma) is never out of consciousness (aviluptavabodhah) in any kind of circumstances. The question is asked: "How (katham) does he (sah) become engaged (yujyeta) in nescience (ajaya)?" Here "desatah" means because of bad circumstances, or because of situation not favorable for the eyes", "kalatah" means "because of time, which passes like lightning", "avasthatah" means because of the various situations, such as the condition of the memory", "svatah" means "because of dreams and illusions, such as the illusion of thinking the glittering on a seashell's surface is genuine silver", and "anyatah" means "because of other causes, as are seen in the example of the clay pot and other like examples". In this way the individual soul's consciousness is never interrupted (aviluptavabodhah). That is the meaning.
Anuccheda 89
Text 1
tatraiva virodhantaram aha
Another problem is described in these words (Srimad- Bhagavatam 3.7.6):
Text 2
bhagavan eka evaisa
sarva-ksetresv avasthitah amusya durbhagatvam va
kleso va karmabhih kutah
"The Lord, as the Supersoul, is situated in every living being's heart. Why then do the living entities' activities result in misfortune and misery?"
Text 3
esa eka eva bhagavan paramatmapi sarva-ksetresu sarvasya jivasya ksetresu dehesv avasthitah. tatra sati katham amusyaiva jivasya durbhagatvam svarupa-bhuta-jnanadi-lopah karmabhih klesas ca tasya va kuto nasti. na hy ekasmin jaladau sthitayor vastunoh kasyacit tat-samsargah kasyacin neti yujyata ity arthah.
Here the words "bhagavan eka evaisa" refer to the Supersoul. "Sarva-ksetresv avasthitah" means situated in the material bodies of all conditioned souls". The verse then asks: "Why (kutah) then do the living entities'(amusya) activities (karmabhih) result in misfortune (durbhagatvam) and misery (klesah)?" The meaning of this verse is: "As two things cannot occupy the same point in space, either in water or land, so these two propositions cannot both be true."
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