SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

102 Srimad-Bhigavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 2to us concerning why He does something and why He does not, Hissupremacy would be curtailed.TEXT 40qf't f P4wt"44Rr Iiiftct4wtllsA ffl sfllgHI rn WI llo IIpathi cyutarh t!hati d!a-raitarhgrhe sthitarh tad-vihatam vina.Syatijivaty aniitho 'pi tad-iito vanegrhe 'bhigupto 'sya hato na jivatipathi-on the public road; cyutam-some possession dropped;!hati-it remains; d!a-raitam-protected by destiny; grhe-athome; sthitam-although situated; tat-vihatam-struck by the will ofthe Supreme; vina.Syati-it is lost; jivati -remains alive; aniitha apialthoughwithout a protector; tat-iita-being protected by the Lord;vqne-in the forest; grhe-at home; abhigupta-well hidden and protected;asya-of this one; hata-struck; na-not; jivati-lives.TRANSLATIONSometimes one loses his money on a public street, where everyonecan see it, and yet his money is protected by destiny and notseen by others. Thus the man who lost it gets it back. On the otherhand, if the Lord does not give protection, even money maintainedvery securely at home is lost. H the Supreme Lord gives one protection,even though one has no protector and is in the jungle, oneremains alive, whereas a person well protected at home by relativesand others sometimes dies. no one being able to protect him.PURPORTThese are examples of the supremacy of the Lord. Our plans to protector annihilate do not act, but whatever He thinks of doing actually hap-