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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 4]
lower into wretched conditions of hellish life. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement has started a brahminical civilization, but especially when it is introduced in the Western countries, the  asuras  try to impede it in many ways. Nonetheless, we must push forward this movement tolerantly for the benefit of human society.
TEXT 42
स हि सर्वसुराध्यक्षो ह्यसुरद्विष्टु गुहाशयः ।
तन्मूला देवताः सर्वाः सेश्वराः सचतुर्मुखाः ।
अयं वै तद्वधोपायो यद्दधीणां विहिंसनम् ॥४२॥
sa hi sarva-surādhyakṣo hy asura-dviḍ guhā-śayaḥ tan-mūlā devatāḥ sarvāḥ seśvarāḥ sa-catur-mukhāḥ ayam vai tad-vadhopāyo yad ṛṣīṇām vihimsanam
saḥ —He (Lord Viṣṇu);  hi —indeed;  sarva-sura-adhyakṣaḥ —the leader of all the demigods;  hi —indeed;  asura-dviṭ —the enemy of the  asuras ;  guhā-śayaḥ —He is the Supersoul within the core of everyone's heart;  tat-mūlāḥ —taking shelter at His lotus feet;  devatāḥ —the demigods exist;  sarvāḥ —all of them;  sa-īśvarāḥ —including Lord Śiva;  sa-catuḥ-mukhāḥ —as well as Lord Brahmā, who has four faces;  ayam —this is;  vai —indeed;  tat-vadha-upāyaḥ —the only means of killing Him (Viṣṇu);  yat —which;  ṛṣīṇām —of great sages, saintly persons, or Vaiṣṇavas;  vihimsanam —suppression with all kinds of persecution.
TRANSLATION
Lord Viṣṇu, the Supersoul within the core of everyone's heart, is the ultimate enemy of the  asuras  and is therefore known as  asura-dviṭ . He is the leader of all the demigods because all the demigods, including Lord Śiva and Lord Brahmā, exist under His protection. The great saintly persons, sages and Vaiṣṇavas also depend upon Him. To persecute the Vaiṣṇavas, therefore, is the only way to kill Viṣṇu.