Text 22]
The Doorkeepers Cursed by the Sages
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by the opulence of the Lord, not by the  brāhmaṇas ' benedictions upon Him. The Lord is not dependent on anyone's mercy for His opulence; He is always self-sufficient. The Lord's statement that His opulence is due to the benediction of the  brāhmaṇas  and Vaiṣṇavas is only to teach others that they should offer respect to the  brāhmaṇas  and Vaiṣṇavas, the devotees of the Lord.
TEXT 22
धर्मस्य ते मगवतस्त्रियुग त्रिमिः स्वैः 
  पद्भिश्चराचरमिदं द्विजदेवतार्थम् । 
  नूनं भृतं तदभिधाति रजस्तमश्च 
  सच्चेन नो वरदया तनुवा निरस्य ॥२२॥
dharmasya te bhagavatas tri-yuga tribhiḥ svaiḥ 
  padbhiś carācaram idam dvija-devatārtham 
  nūnam bhṛtam tad-abhighāti rajas tamaś ca 
  sattvena no vara-dayā tanuvā nirasya
dharmasya —of the personification of all religion;  te —of You;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  tri-yuga —You who are manifest in all three millenniums;  tribhiḥ —by three;  svaiḥ —Your own;  padbhiḥ —feet;  cara-acaram —animate and inanimate;  idam —this universe;  dvija —the twice-born;  devatā —the demigods;  artham —for the sake of;  nūnam —however;  bhṛtam —protected;  tat —those feet;  abhighāti —destroying;  rajaḥ —the mode of passion;  tamaḥ —the mode of ignorance;  ca —and;  sattvena —of pure goodness;  naḥ —unto us;  vara-dayā —bestowing all blessings;  tanuvā —by Your transcendental form;  nirasya —driving away.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, You are the personification of all religion. Therefore You manifest Yourself in three millenniums, and thus You protect this universe, which consists of animate and inanimate beings. By Your grace, which is of pure goodness and is the bestower of all blessing, kindly drive away the elements of rajas and tamas for the sake of the demigods and twice-born.
PURPORT
The Lord is addressed in this verse as  tri-yuga , or one who appears in three millenniums—namely the Satya, Dvāpara and Tretā  yugas . He is not