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The Payo-vrata Process of Worship
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ye bhajanti tu mām bhaktyā mayi te teṣu cāpy aham
Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is equal toward everyone, He is especially inclined toward those who engage in His devotional service. The Lord says,  kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati : “My dear son of Kuntī, please declare that My devotee will never be vanquished.” Elsewhere, Kṛṣṇa also says:
ye yathā mām prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ  (Bg. 4.11)
Actually, everyone is trying to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead in various ways, but according to their methods of approach, the Supreme Lord endows them with different benedictions. Thus Aditi appealed to her husband by saying that since even the supreme controller favors His devotees and since Indra, Kaśyapa's devoted son, was in difficulty, Kaśyapa should bestow his favor upon Indra.
TEXT 15
तस्मादीश भजन्त्या मे श्रेयश्चिन्तय सुव्रत । हृतश्रियो हृतस्थानान्सपत्नैः पाहि नः प्रभो ॥१५॥
tasmād īśa bhajantyā me śreyaś cintaya suvrata hṛta-śriyo hṛta-sthānān sapatnaiḥ pāhi naḥ prabho
tasmāt—therefore; īśa—O powerful controller; bhajantyāḥ—of your servitor; me—me; śreyaḥ—auspiciousness; cintaya—just consider; suvrata—O most gentle one; hṛta-śriyaḥ—bereft of all opulence; hṛta-sthānān—bereft of a residence; sapatnaiḥ—by the competitors; pāhi—please protect; naḥ—us; prabho—O my lord.