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Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

Verse 64 of 65
SB 7.10.64

देवो ऽसुरो नरो ऽन्यो वा नेश्वरो ऽस्तीह कश्चन आत्मनो ऽन्यस्य वा दिष्टं दैवेनापोहितुं द्वयोः

devo 'suro naro 'nyo vā neśvaro 'stīha kaścana ātmano 'nyasya vā diṣṭaṁ daivenāpohituṁ dvayoḥ

Synonyms

devaḥthe demigods; asuraḥthe demons; naraḥhumans; anyaḥor anyone else; either; nanot; īśvaraḥthe supreme controller; astiis; ihain this world; kaścanaanyone; ātmanaḥone's own; anyasyaanother's; either; diṣṭamdestiny; daivenawhich is given by the Supreme Lord; apohitumto undo; dvayoḥof both of them..

Translation

Maya Dānava said: What has been destined by the Supreme Lord for oneself, for others, or for both oneself and others cannot be undone anywhere or by anyone, whether one be a demigod, a demon, a human being or anyone else.

Purport

The Supreme Lord is one—Kṛṣṇa, the viṣṇu-tattva. Kṛṣṇa expands Himself into viṣṇu-tattva personal expansions (svāṁśa), who control everything. Maya Dānava said, "However I plan, you plan or both of us plan, the Lord has planned what is to happen. No one's plan will be successful without His sanction." We may make our own various plans, but unless they are sanctioned by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu, they will never be successful. Hundreds and millions of plans are made by all kinds of living entities, but without the sanction of the Supreme Lord they are futile.

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