What are the probable reasons for the suffering of humans? Why does God want humans to suffer in life? Why doesn't god keep everyone’s life fair?

 Humans suffer because we try to enjoy and control this world independently of Krishna, while mistakenly identifying ourselves with our temporary bodies. This misalignment with our true spiritual nature inevitably produces frustration and pain.

Krishna does not desire our suffering. On the contrary, He offers us a way out of this world of misery. By surrendering to Him, we can be freed from suffering; by refusing, we remain bound here. The choice is ours.

Life is fair because it is governed by the laws of karma, enacted through the three modes of material nature. It may appear unfair when judged from the narrow perspective of a single lifetime, but karma operates across many lives, ensuring justice in ways we cannot see.

Consider a prison. To someone unfamiliar with courts, due process, and sentencing, seeing hundreds of people confined might seem unfair. Yet each prisoner is there for a reason, and even within prisons there are categories each with different rights and privileges depending on different criteria. None of this is arbitrary; distinctions are based on rules that must be learned. Simply looking at a person seldom reveals why they are in one category and not another or even why they are in prison.

Although no legal and penal system of this world is perfect, in the better countries there is at least an attempt to treat people fairly. Even when miscarriages of justice occur, the underlying goal is fairness. Karma, however, is not a man-made system. It is Krishna’s system, operating under the stringent laws of material nature. Unlike human justice, which can fail at times, karma is perfectly fair. What seems unequal or harsh from our limited view is due to us not having all the facts.

This is explained in Brahma Samhita 5.34:

“I adore the primeval Lord Govinda, who burns up to their roots all fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion and impartially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one’s activities… no less in the case of the tiny insect indragopa than in that of Indra, king of the devas.”

Krishna who is also known as Govinda does not arbitrarily assign pleasure or pain. He simply ensures that every soul receives the exact results of its own actions. This is what the verse means by “impartially ordains for each the due enjoyment of the fruits of one’s activities.” Whether those results are pleasant or unpleasant, they are the natural consequences of choices we ourselves have made. The phrase “in accordance with the chain of their previously performed works” points out that karma is cumulative. Our present situation is shaped not only by what we do now, but by a long chain of past deeds, often stretching across many lifetimes. And Krishna’s impartiality applies universally. From the smallest insect to the king of the devas, everyone is bound by the same laws of cause and effect.

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