BG 9.9 (1972)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ।
- उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥९॥
- na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi
- nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
- udāsīna-vad āsīnam
- asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu
SYNONYMS
na—never; ca—also; mām—Me; tāni—all those; karmāṇi—activities; nibadhnanti—bind; dhanañjaya—O conquerer of riches; udāsīnavat—as neutral; āsīnam—situated; asaktam—without attraction; teṣu—in them; karmasu—in activities.
TRANSLATION
O Dhanañjaya, 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-saṁhitā 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 Vedānta-sūtra 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.