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[Canto 2, Ch. 4]
decision and satisfied the Lord by agreeing to fight ( kariṣye vacanam tava ), and thus he became desireless.
The examples of Brahmā and Lord Śiva are specifically cited here because Brahmājī, Lord Śiva, Śrīmatī Lakṣmījī and the four Kumāras, Sanaka, Sanātana, etc., are leaders of the four desireless Vaiṣṇava  sampradāyas . They are all freed from all pretensions. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī interprets the word  gata-vyalīkaiḥ  as  projjhita-kaitavaiḥ , or those who are freed from all pretensions (the unalloyed devotees only). In the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  it is said:  bhukti-mukti siddhi-kāmī, sakali ‘aśānta,’ kṛṣṇa-bhakta—niṣkāma, ata eva ‘śānta.’  Those who are after fruitive results for their pious activities, those who desire salvation and identity with the Supreme, and those who desire material perfections of mystic powers are all restless because they want something for themselves, but the devotee is completely peaceful because he has no demand for himself and is always ready to serve the desire of the Lord. The conclusion is, therefore, that the Lord is for everyone because no one can achieve the result of his respective desires without being sanctioned by Him, but as stated by the Lord in  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 8.9), all such results are awarded by Him only, for the Lord is  adhīśvara  (the original controller) of everyone, namely the  Vedāntists , the great  karma-kāṇḍīyas , the great religious leaders, the great performers of austerity and all who are striving for spiritual advancement. But ultimately He is realized by the pretensionless devotees only. Therefore special stress is given to the devotional service of the Lord by Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
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श्रियः पतिर्यज्ञपतिः प्रजापति-
धियां पतिर्लोकपतिर्धरापतिः ।
पतिर्गतिश्चान्धकशृष्णसात्वतां
प्रसीदतां मे भगवान् सतां पतिः ॥२०॥
śriyaḥ patir yajña-patiḥ prajā-patir
dhiyām patir loka-patir dharā-patiḥ
patir gatiś cāndhaka-vṛṣṇi-sātvatām
prasīdatām me bhagavān satām patiḥ
śriyaḥ —all opulence;  patiḥ —owner;  yajña —of sacrifice;  patiḥ —director;  prajā-patiḥ —leader of all living entities;  dhiyām —of intelligence;  patiḥ —