आयुषोऽपचयं जन्तोस्तथैवोपचयं विभु: । उभाभ्यां रहित: स्वस्थो दु:स्थस्य विदधात्यसौ ॥ २१ ॥
ayuso ’pacayam jantos tathaivopacayam vibhuh ubhabhyam rahitah sva-stho duhsthasya vidadhaty asau
- ayusah
- of duration of life
- apacayam
- diminution
- jantoh
- of the living entities
- tatha
- similarly
- eva
- also
- upacayam
- increase
- vibhuh
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ubhabhyam
- from both of them
- rahitah
- free
- sva-sthah
- always situated in His transcendental position
- duhsthasya
- of the living entities under the laws of karma
- vidadhati
- awards
- asau
- He.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, is all-powerful, and He awards the results of one’s fruitive activities. Thus, although one living entity’s duration of life is very small whereas that of another is very great, He is always in His transcendental position, and there is no question of lessening or increasing His duration of life.