750727 Lecture - Srila Prabhupada Speaks a Nectar Drop in San Diego

Nectar Drops from Srila Prabhupada
"We are trying to conquer over the laws of nature. That is not possible. Daivī hy eṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā (BG 7.14). So these are the subject matter of studies. Why there are . . . everyone is unhappy and happy to some extent? According to these qualities. So here it is said, therefore, that "As here we see in this life, in duration of life, there are varieties, similarly, guṇa-vaicitryāt, by the varieties of the guṇa, guṇa-vaicitryāt . . ." tathānyatrānumīyate. Anyatra means next life or next planet or next anything. Everything is being controlled. Traiguṇya-viṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna (BG 2.45). Kṛṣṇa advises Arjuna that "The whole material world is being controlled by these three guṇas," guṇa-vaicitryāt, "therefore you become nistraiguṇya: where these three guṇas cannot act." Nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna."
750727 - Lecture SB 06.01.46 - San Diego