No One Falls from the Eternal Abode
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It is the living entity’s constitutional position to be an eternal servant of Kåñëa, because he is the marginal energy of Kåñëa and a manifestation simultaneously one with and different from the Lord, like a molecular particle of sunshine or fire. Kåñëa has three varieties of energy.
kåñëa bhuli’ sei jéva anädi-bahirmukha ataeva mäyä täre deya saàsära-duùkha (Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya-lélä 20.117) Forgetting Kåñëa, the living entity has been attracted by the external feature from time immemorial. Therefore, the illusory energy mäyä gives him all kinds of misery in his material existence.
The words kåñëa bhuli in the above-mentioned verse apparently mean ‘forgetting Kåñëa,’ but what is the deeper understanding? Does it mean that the jéva was once engaged in Kåñëa’s service in His spiritual abode, and has now forgotten that service? The intended meaning is very different. All mundane languages have defects, and therefore they cannot purely express the nature of our constitutional form (svarüpa). To clarify the meaning, Çréla Kåñëadäsa Kaviräja Gosvämé writes kåñëera ‘taöasthä-çakti’ ‘bhedäbheda-prakäça, meaning that the jéva is a manifestation of Kåñëa’s marginal energy.
Different Sources, Different Destinations Please note this down carefully in your notebooks and in your hearts. Jaiva-dharma, Chapter Sixteen, states: Innumerable jévas appear from Çré Baladeva Prabhu to serve Våndävana-vihäré Çré Kåñëa as His eternal associates in Goloka Våndävana; and others appear from Çré Saìkarñaëa to serve the Lord of Vaikuëöha, Çré Näräyaëa, in the spiritual sky. Eternally relishing rasa, engaged in the service of their worshipful Lord, these jévas always remain fixed in their constitutional position. They always strive to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are always favorable to Him. By virtue of the spiritual potency, they have the strength to stay fixed in their devotion and they have no connection with the material energy.