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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 19]
tad abhipretya bhagavān karmātiśayam ātmanaḥ śata-kratur na mamṛṣe pṛthor yajña-mahotsavam
tat abhipretya—considering this matter; bhagavān—the most powerful; karma-atiśayam—excelling in fruitive activities; ātmanaḥ—of himself; śata-kratuḥ—King Indra, who had performed a hundred sacrifices; na—not; mamṛṣe—did tolerate; pṛthoḥ—of King Pṛthu; yajña—sacrificial; mahā-utsavam—great ceremonies.
TRANSLATION
When the most powerful Indra, the King of heaven, saw this, he considered the fact that King Pṛthu was going to exceed him in fruitive activities. Thus Indra could not tolerate the great sacrificial ceremonies performed by King Pṛthu.
PURPORT
In the material world everyone who comes to enjoy himself or lord it over material nature is envious of others. This envy is also found in the personality of the King of heaven, Indra. As evident from revealed scriptures, Indra was several times envious of many persons. He was especially envious of great fruitive activities and the execution of  yoga  practices, or  siddhis . Indeed, he could not tolerate them, and he desired to break them up. He was envious due to fear that those who performed great sacrifices for the execution of mystic  yoga  might occupy his seat. Since no one in this material world can tolerate another's advancement, everyone in the material world is called  matsara , envious. In the beginning of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam it is therefore said that Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is meant for those who are completely  nirmatsara  (nonenvious). In other words, one who is not free from the contamination of envy cannot advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, however, if someone excels another person, the devotee who is excelled thinks how fortunate the other person is to be advancing in devotional service. Such non-envy is typical of Vaikuṇṭha. However, when one is envious of his competitor, that is material. The demigods posted in the material world are not exempt from envy.
TEXT 3
यत्र यक्षपतिः साक्षाद्गगवान् हरिरीश्वरः । अन्वभूयत सर्वात्मा सर्वलोकगुरुः प्रभुः ॥ ३ ॥