{"id":113938,"date":"2025-01-31T10:55:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=113938"},"modified":"2025-01-31T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:55:51","slug":"why-bad-things-happen-to-good-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=113938","title":{"rendered":"Why bad things happen to good people?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Translation
\nWithin Your mind there can be no such differentiation as \u201cThis one is mine, and that is another\u2019s,\u201d because You are the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Soul of all beings, always equipoised and enjoying transcendental happiness within Yourself. Just like the heavenly desire tree, You bless all who properly worship You, granting their desired fruits in proportion to the service they render You. There is nothing wrong in this.
\nPurport
\n\u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Sv\u0101m\u012b explains that a desire tree has no material attachments or partiality but simply bestows its fruits upon those who deserve them, and not upon others. J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b Prabhup\u0101da adds that a desire tree does not think, \u201cThis person is fit to worship me, but that other person is not.\u201d Rather, a desire tree is satisfied with all who properly serve it. And the Lord acts in the same way, as explained here by King Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira.
\n\u015ar\u012bla Vi\u015bvan\u0101tha Cakravart\u012b adds that no one should accuse Lord K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a of being envious of one person and showing favoritism toward another. Since the Lord is sva-sukh\u0101nubh\u016bti, experiencing His own happiness within Himself, He has nothing to gain or lose in relation to conditioned souls. Rather, He reciprocates according to how they approach Him. \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da very nicely sums up this point as follows in his rendering of King Yudhi\u1e63\u1e6dhira\u2019s statement: \u201cIf one takes to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness, his life becomes fulfilled both materially and spiritually. This does not mean that You are partial to the K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious person and indifferent to the non-K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a conscious person. You are equal to everyone; that is Your declaration. You cannot be partial to one and not interested in others, because You are sitting in everyone\u2019s heart as the Supersoul and giving everyone the respective results of his fruitive activities. You give every living entity the chance to enjoy this material world as he desires. As the Supersoul, You are sitting in the body along with the living entity, giving him the results of his own actions as well as opportunities to turn toward Your devotional service by developing K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness. You openly declare that one should surrender unto You, giving up all other engagements, and that You will take charge of him, giving him relief from the reactions of all sins. You are like the desire tree in the heavenly planets, which awards benediction according to one\u2019s desires. Everyone is free to achieve the highest perfection, but if one does not so desire, then Your awarding of lesser benedictions is not due to partiality.\u201d
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