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King Citraketu Meets the Lord
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imagine how great each universe is, and there are many millions of universes. As confirmed by the Lord Himself in  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.42):
athavā bahunaitena kim jñātena tavārjuna viṣṭabhyāham idam kṛtsnam ekāmśena sthito jagat
“But what need is there, Arjuna, for all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe.” The entire material world manifests only one fourth of the Supreme Lord’s energy. Therefore He is called  ananta .
TEXT 38
विषयतृषो नरपशवो य उपासते विभूतीने परं त्वाम् । तेषामाशिष ईश तदनु विनश्यन्ति यथा राजकुलम् ॥ ३८ ॥
viṣaya-trṣo nara-paśavo ya upāsate vibhūtīr na param tvām teṣām āśiṣa īśa tad anu vinaśyanti yathā rāja-kulam
viṣaya-trṣaḥ—eager to enjoy sense gratification; nara-paśavaḥ—manlike animals; ye—who; upāsate—worship very gorgeously; vibhūtīḥ—small particles of the Supreme Lord (the demigods); na—not; param—the Supreme; tvām—You; teṣām—of them; āśiṣaḥ—the benedictions; īśa—O supreme controller; tat—them (the demigods); anu—after; vinaśyanti—will be vanquished; yathā—just as; rāja-kulam—those who are supported by the government (when the government is finished).
TRANSLATION
O Lord, O Supreme, unintelligent persons who thirst for sense enjoyment and who worship various demigods are no better than