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Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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It is very difficult to attain the lotus feet of the Lord by any method other than  bhakti-yoga .
TEXT 56
यत्र निर्विष्टमरणं कृतान्तो नाभिमन्यते । विश्वं विध्वंसयन् वीर्यशौर्यविस्फूर्जितभ्रुवा ॥५६॥
yatra nirviṣṭam araṇam kṛtānto nābhimanyate viśvam vidhvamsayan vīrya- śaurya-visphūrjita-bhruvā
yatra —wherein;  nirviṣṭam araṇam —completely surrendered soul;  kṛta-antaḥ —invincible time;  na abhimanyate —does not go to attack;  viśvam —the entire universe;  vidhvamsayan —by vanquishing;  vīrya —prowess;  śaurya —influence;  visphūrjita —simply by expansion;  bhruvā —of the eyebrows.
TRANSLATION
Simply by expansion of His eyebrows, invincible Time personified can immediately vanquish the entire universe. However, formidable Time does not approach the devotee who has taken complete shelter at Your lotus feet.
PURPORT
In  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said that the Lord in the shape and form of death destroys all a person's possessions.  Mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham : "I am all-devouring death." (Bg. 10.34) The Lord in the shape of death takes away everything that is created by the conditioned soul. Everything in this material world is subject to perish in due course of time. However, all the strength of time cannot hamper the activities of a devotee because a devotee takes complete shelter under the lotus feet of the Lord. For this reason only is a devotee free from formidable time. All the activities of the  karmīs  and  jñānīs , which have no touch of devotional service, are spoiled in due course of time. The material success of the  karmīs  is destined to be destroyed; similarly, the impersonal realization attained by the  jñānīs  is also destroyed in the course of time.
āruhya kṛcchreṇa param padam tataḥ patanty adho 'nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ (Bhāg. 10.2.32)
To say nothing of the  karmīs , the  jñānīs  undergo severe austerities to attain the impersonal  brahmajyoti , but because they do not find the lotus feet of the Lord, they fall down again into this material existence. Unless