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Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu
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TEXT 36
अहो ममामी वितरन्त्यनुग्रहं 
  हरिं गुरुं यज्ञभूजामधीशरम् । 
  स्वर्धर्मयोगेन यजन्ति मामका 
  निरन्तरं क्षोणितले दृढव्रताः ॥३६॥
aho mamāmī vitaranty anugraham 
  harim gurum yajña-bhujām adhīśvaram 
  sva-dharma-yogena yajanti māmakā 
  nirantaram kṣoṇi-tale dṛḍha-vratāḥ
aho—O all of you; mama—unto me; amī—all of them; vitaranti—distributing; anugraham—mercy; harim—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; gurum—the supreme spiritual master; yajña-bhujām—all the demigods eligible to accept yajña offering; adhīśvaram—the supreme master; sva-dharma—occupational duties; yogena—by dint of; yajanti—worship; māmakā—having a relationship with me; nirantaram—incessantly; kṣoṇi-tale—on the surface of the globe; dṛḍha-vratāḥ—with firm determination.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master and enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices, and He is the supreme spiritual master as well. All of you citizens on the surface of the globe who have a relationship with me and are worshiping Him by dint of your occupational duties are bestowing your mercy upon me. Therefore, O my citizens, I thank you.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Pṛthu's advice to his citizens to take to devotional service is now concluded in two ways. He has repeatedly advised persons who are neophytes to engage themselves in devotional service according to the capacities of the different orders of social and spiritual life, but here he specifically thanks those who are already engaged in such devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is actually the enjoyer of all sacrificial ceremonies and who is also the supreme teacher as  antaryāmī  or Paramātmā. There is specific mention of the word  gurum , which indicates the Supreme Personality as  citta-guru . The Supreme Godhead in His Paramātmā feature is present in everyone's heart, and He is always trying to induce the individual soul to surrender unto Him and to engage in devotional service; therefore He is the original spiritual master. He manifests Himself as spiritual master both internally and externally to