यन्निबद्धोऽभिमानोऽयं तद्वधात्प्राणिनां वध: । तथा न यस्य कैवल्यादभिमानोऽखिलात्मन: । परस्य दमकर्तुर्हि हिंसा केनास्य कल्प्यते ॥ २५ ॥
yan-nibaddho ’bhimano ’yam tad-vadhat praninam vadhah tatha na yasya kaivalyad abhimano ’khilatmanah parasya dama-kartur hi himsa kenasya kalpyate
- yat
- in which
- nibaddhah
- bound
- abhimanah
- false conception
- ayam
- this
- tat
- of that (body)
- vadhat
- from the annihilation
- praninam
- of the living beings
- vadhah
- annihilation
- tatha
- similarly
- na
- not
- yasya
- of whom
- kaivalyat
- because of being absolute, one without a second
- abhimanah
- false conception
- akhila-atmanah
- of the Supersoul of all living entities
- parasya
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- dama-kartuh
- the supreme controller
- hi
- certainly
- himsa
- harm
- kena
- how
- asya
- His
- kalpyate
- is performed
Because of the bodily conception of life, the conditioned soul thinks that when the body is annihilated the living being is annihilated. Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme controller, the Supersoul of all living entities. Because He has no material body, He has no false conception of I and mine It is therefore incorrect to think that He feels pleasure or pain when blasphemed or offered prayers. This is impossible for Him. Thus He has no enemy and no friend. When He chastises the demons it is for their good, and when He accepts the prayers of the devotees it is for their good. He is affected neither by prayers nor by blasphemy.