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manifestations of happiness or distress, but he should try to cooperate with the Lord in His outward activities for correcting the fallen souls. By His order only one should become a spiritual master and cooperate with the Lord. One should not become a spiritual master for one's personal benefit or for some material gain or as an avenue of business or occupation for earning livelihood. Bona fide spiritual masters who look unto the Supreme Lord to cooperate with Him are actually qualitatively one with the Lord, and the forgetful ones are perverted reflections only. Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja is advised, therefore, by Nārada not to be disturbed with the affairs of so-called happiness and distress, but to look only unto the Lord to execute the mission for which the Lord has descended. That was his prime duty.
TEXT 49
सोऽयमद्य महाराज भगवान् भूतमावनः । कालरूपोऽवतीर्णोऽस्थामयावाय सुरद्विषाम् ॥४९॥
so'yam adya mahārāja bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ kāla-rūpo'vatīrṇo'syām abhāvāya sura-dviṣām
saḥ —that Supreme Lord;  ayam —the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  adya —at present;  mahārāja —O King;  bhagavān —the Personality of Godhead;  bhūta-bhāvanaḥ —the creator or the father of everything created;  kāla-rūpaḥ —in the disguise of devouring time;  avatīrṇaḥ —descended;  asyām —upon the world;  abhāvāya —for eliminating;  sura-dviṣām —those who are against the will of the Lord.
TRANSLATION
That Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa in the guise of all devouring time [ kāla-rūpa ] has now descended on earth to eliminate the envious from the world.
PURPORT
There are two classes of human beings, namely the envious and the obedient. Since the Supreme Lord is one and the father of all living beings, the envious living beings are also His sons, but they are known as the  asuras . But the living beings who are obedient to the Supreme Father are called  devatās , or demigods, because they are not contaminated by the material conception of life. The  asuras  are not only envious of the Lord in even denying the existence of the Lord, but they are also envious of all other living beings. The predominance of  asuras  in the world is occasionally