Shloka 39
The Lord’s Advent: Yoga-māyā’s Mission, Saṅkarṣaṇa’s Transfer, and the Demigods’ Prayers
न तेऽभवस्येश भवस्य कारणं विना विनोदं बत तर्कयामहे । भवो निरोध: स्थितिरप्यविद्यया कृता यतस्त्वय्यभयाश्रयात्मनि ॥ ३९ ॥
na te ’bhavasyeśa bhavasya kāraṇaṁ vinā vinodaṁ bata tarkayāmahe bhavo nirodhaḥ sthitir apy avidyayā kṛtā yatas tvayy abhayāśrayātmani
Lạy Đấng Tối Thượng! Ngài không sinh ra nơi thế gian như chúng sinh thường do quả báo nghiệp; sự hiển lộ của Ngài chỉ vì niềm hoan hỷ của năng lực Līlā. Các jīva là phần của Ngài cũng không có nguyên nhân để chịu khổ như sinh, tử, lão, trừ khi bị Māyā bên ngoài của Ngài dẫn dắt; Ngài là Paramātmā, nơi nương tựa vô úy.
As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (15.7) , mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ: the living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, and thus they are qualitatively one with the Lord. We can understand that when the Supreme Lord appears or disappears as an incarnation, there is no other cause than His pleasure potency. We cannot force the Supreme Personality of Godhead to appear. As He says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.7) :
FAQs
This verse says the Lord alone is the cause of both bhava (manifest existence/creation) and abhava (cessation/dissolution); without Him, arguments about ultimate causality are merely speculative.
They emphasize that worldly cycles are experienced through ignorance—misidentifying the self with matter—whereas the Lord is the abhayāśraya, the fearless spiritual shelter beyond material conditioning.
By shifting identity from temporary circumstances to devotion and remembrance of the Lord as the inner Self and ultimate refuge, fear rooted in change, loss, and uncertainty is gradually reduced.