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maya-mugdha jivera nahi svatah krsna-jnana
jivere krpaya kaila krsna veda-purana
SYNONYMS
maya-mugdha—enchanted by the illusory energy; jivera—of the conditioned soul; nahi—there is not; svatah—automatically; krsna-jnana—knowledge of Krsna; jivere—unto the conditioned soul; krpaya—out of mercy; kaila—presented; krsna—Lord Krsna; veda-purana—the Vedic literature and the Puranas (supplements to the Vedic literature) "The conditioned soul cannot revive his Krsna consciousness by his own effort.
But out of causeless mercy, Lord Krsna compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the Puranas.
PURPORT
A conditioned soul is bewildered by the Lord’s illusory energy (maya).
Maya’s business is to keep the conditioned soul forgetful of his real relationship with Krsna.
Thus the living entity forgets his real identity as spirit soul, Brahman, and instead of realizing his factual position thinks himself the product of the material energy.
According to Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.7.5):
yaya sammohito jiva
atmanam tri-gunatmakam
paro ’pi manute ’nartham
tat-krtam cabhipadyate “Due to this external energy, the living entity, although transcendental to the three modes of material nature, thinks of himself as a material product and thus undergoes the reactions of material miseries.” This is a description of maya’s action upon the conditioned soul.
Thinking himself a product of the material energy, the conditioned soul engages in the service of material energy in so many ways.
He becomes the servant of lust, anger, greed and envy.
In this way one totally becomes a servant of the illusory energy.
Later, the bewildered soul becomes a servant of mental speculation, but in any case he is simply covered by the illusory energy.
Out of his causeless mercy and compassion, Krsna has compiled various Vedic literatures in His incarnation as Vyasadeva.
Vyasadeva is a saktyavesa-avatara of Lord Krsna.
He has very kindly presented these literatures to awaken the conditioned soul to his senses.
Unfortunately, at the present moment the conditioned souls are guided by demons who do not care to read the Vedic literatures.
Although there is an immense treasure-house of knowledge, people are engaged in reading useless literature that will give them no information on how to get out of the clutches of maya.
The purpose of the Vedic literatures is explained in the following verses.