Passage 2

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In plain words

The seasons come about because it goes round the sun. These seasons bring great welfare to the world. Clouds forming, rains falling, fitting food being gathered for living beings...... all these have been going on. The sun, the moon and the rest do the world countless good turns. Which man can do all this? Which government can do it? No one can do it but God alone. Unable to recognize this Satya, man lives a wasted life. If we truly enquire, we shall not find a single act that God does not do. Every moment, every particle, every age comes about through Divinity alone.

Unable to recognize the Divinity in every particle of this Prakṛti, we fall prey to many misconceptions. Every single thing goes on through Divinity alone. Without Divinity, what we call humanness cannot exist. Humanness finds its fulfilment only when Divinity is recognized. Through God's resolve alone the earth, without wasting even a moment, carries out its own duty. God is the one who is full of activity. Every moment, God alone is the support of all. Nothing is impossible for God, who fills the whole of the aṇḍa, the piṇḍa and the brahmāṇḍa. Everything, beginning with our breathing in and breathing out, happens by the will of God alone. Without the power of God, even our breathing in and out could not go on. We are unable to attain Ānanda precisely because we cannot recognize such Divinity. We waste our time in needless talk.

“Na me pārthāsti kartavyaṃ....”

Once Arjuna asked Kṛṣṇa, “Swāmī! When this whole world is under Your sway, what need is there for You to be engaged in action all the time?” Then Kṛṣṇa said: “Arjuna! If I were to sit idle without performing karma, even the three worlds would come to a standstill. Seeing how active I am, people follow Me. The quality of karma is of very great value.