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Krṣṇa,  the Supreme Personality of Godhead
to the Personality of Godhead, and they immediately get all facilities from the Lord to advance in Krṣṇa consciousness. The non-devotees, however, are very careful about preserving their material condition of life. Generally, therefore, such nondevotees do not come to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but worship Lord Śiva or other demigods for immediate material profit. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said, therefore,  kāṇkṣantaḥ karmaṇām siddhim yajanta iha devatāḥ : the  karmīs , in order to achieve success within this material world, worship the various demigods. It is also stated by Lord Krṣṇa that those who worship the demigods are not mature in their intelligence. The devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, therefore, because of their strong attachment for Him, do not foolishly go to the demigods.
Lord Krṣṇa said to King Yudhiṣṭhira: “My devotee is not deterred by any adverse conditions of life; he always remains firm and steady. Therefore I give Myself to him, and I favor him so he can achieve the highest success in life.” The mercy bestowed upon the tried devotee by the Supreme Personality is described as  Brahman , which indicates that the greatness of that mercy can be compared only to the all-pervasive greatness.  Brahman  means unlimitedly great and unlimitedly expanding. That mercy is also described as  parama , for it has no comparison within this material world, and it is also called  sūkṣmam , very fine. The Lord’s mercy upon the tried devotee is not only great and unlimitedly expansive, but it is of the finest quality of transcendental love between the devotee and the Lord. Such mercy is further described as  cinmātram , completely spiritual. The use of the word  mātram  indicates absolute spirituality, with no tinge of material qualities. That mercy is also called  sat , eternal, and  anantakam , unlimited. Since the devotee of the Lord is awarded such unlimited spiritual benefit, why should he worship the demigods? A devotee of Krṣṇa does not worship Lord Śiva or Brahmā or any other subordinate demigod. He completely devotes himself to the transcendental loving service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: “The demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva and including Lord Indra, Candra, Varuṇa and others, are apt to become very quickly satisfied and very quickly angered by the good and ill behavior of their devotees. But this is not so with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viṣṇu,” This means that any living entity within this material world, including the demigods, is conducted by the three modes of material nature, and therefore the qualities of ignorance and passion are very prominent within the material world. Those devotees who take blessings from the demigods are also infected with the material quali-