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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 22]
PURPORT
Punishment meted out by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is accepted by the devotee as the greatest mercy.
tat te 'nukampāṁ susamikṣamāṇo bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk
“One who seeks Your compassion and thus tolerates all kinds of adverse conditions due to the  karma  of his past deeds, who engages always in Your devotional service with his mind, words and body, and who always offers obeisances to You is certainly a bona fide candidate for liberation.” ( Bhāg.  10.14.8) A devotee knows that so-called punishment by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is only His favor to correct His devotee and bring him to the right path. Therefore the punishment awarded by the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be compared to even the greatest benefit awarded by one’s material father, mother, brother or friend.
TEXT 5
त्वं नूनमसुराणां नः पारोक्षः परमो गुरुः । यो नोऽनेकमदान्यानां विभ्रंशं चक्षुरादिशत् ॥ ५ ॥
tvaṁ nūnam asurāṇāṁ naḥ parokṣaḥ paramo guruḥ yo no 'neka-madāndhānāṁ vibhraṁśaṁ cakṣur ādiśat
tvam—Your Lordship; nūnam—indeed; asurāṇāṁ—of the demons; naḥ—as we are; parokṣaḥ—indirect; paramaḥ—the supreme; guruḥ—spiritual master; yaḥ—Your Lordship; naḥ—of us; aneka—many; mada-andhānāṁ—blinded by material opulences; vibhraṁśaṁ—destroying our false prestige; cakṣuḥ—the eye of knowledge; ādiśat—gave.