This means that as long as we remain devoid of Krishna consciousness or God consciousness, all that we call good and good, or bad and bad, is only so in name. Because, good situation as bad situation, or good and bad karma, to the extent that both force us to reincarnate and thus to be reborn in the material universe are as undesirable as the other.

As long as we remain devoid of God consciousness and do not develop an attraction for Krishna, God, the Supreme Person, everything we do will be unfavorable or bad.

In all the material cosmos, all the conceptions of good and evil are only mental lucubrations. Therefore, saying "this is good" or "this is wrong" is completely wrong.

When God inflicts retribution it is always out of compassion and mercy, to save a being from hell.

When God inflicts a punishment on a person guilty of malicious, criminal acts, it is to bring him to correct himself, to bring him to reason and thus make him aware of his errors. These punishments of God are based on the compassion of the Lord with regard to the guilty being, in order to save the latter and avoid him to go to hell. But if this guilty person does not want to listen to God by doing what he wants and does not take into account the mercy of the Lord, then he will go to hell for a long time.

All punishment or divine punishment is to bring the being to repentance, to penance, to radically change attitudes, to become better, to respect and to apply the precepts, commands and counsels of God, and finally, to make it possible to erase the faults committed by the suffering felt. We must suffer for our past misdeeds, it is an irrevocable fact. However, the sufferings of those who serve God with love and devotion are reduced to a minimum. For example, instead of being stabbed as our fate would have it, we may only receive a cut on the finger. Thus the consequences of the past acts of the one who practices the devotional service are minimized.

Krishna, God, the Supreme Person says, "I will protect you from the consequences of your mistakes."

Do no harm to anyone and love one another, but first of all, let us surrender to God, obey him, and serve him with love and devotion.