174
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 10]
PURPORT
This verse mentions some of the material advantages afforded to persons associated with or devoted to Lord Śiva. Apart from Lord Śiva, if one is a devotee of any other demigod, one receives some material advantages. Foolish people, therefore, become devotees of demigods. This has been pointed out and criticized by Lord Kṛṣṇa in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.20):  kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante 'nya-devatāḥ . Those who are not devotees of Kṛṣṇa have a taste for women, wine and so forth, and therefore they have been described as  hṛta-jñāna , befort of sense. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement can very easily point out such foolish persons, for they have been indicated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.15), where Lord Kṛṣṇa says:
na mām duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuram bhāvam āśritāḥ
“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.” Anyone who is not a devotee of Kṛṣṇa and does not surrender to Kṛṣṇa must be considered  narādhama , the lowest of men, and  duṣkṛtī , one who always commits sinful activities. Thus there is no difficulty in finding out who is a third-class or fourth-class man, for one’s position can be understood simply by this crucial test: is he or is he not a devotee of Kṛṣṇa?
Why are devotees of the demigods greater in number than the Vaiṣṇavas? The answer is given herein. Vaiṣṇavas are not interested in such fourth-class pleasures as wine and women, nor does Kṛṣṇa allow them such facilities.
TEXT 4
अन्तः प्रविश्य गङ्गायामम्भोजवनराजिनि ।
चिक्रीडतुर्युवतिभिर्गजाविव करेणुभिः ॥ ४ ॥
antaḥ praviśya gaṅgāyām ambhoja-vana-rājini