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Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World
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body, and therefore he is completely on the transcendental platform. A devotee is never envious of anyone, even his enemy. Because the devotee knows that the Lord is his supreme protector, he thinks, “What harm can the so-called enemy do?” Thus a devotee is confident about his protection. The Lord says,  ye yathā mām prapadyante tāms tathaiva bhajāmy aham : “According to the proportion of one’s surrender unto Me, I respond accordingly.” A devotee must therefore be completely free from envy, especially of other devotees. To envy other devotees is a great offense, a  vaiṣṇava-aparādha . A devotee who constantly engages in hearing and chanting ( śravaṇa-kīrtana ) is certainly freed from the disease of envy, and thus he becomes eligible to go back home, back to Godhead.
TEXT 24
श्रीराजोवाच
कथं स भगवान् रामो भ्रातृन् वा स्वयमात्मनः । तस्मिन् वा तेऽन्ववर्तन्त प्रजाः पौराश्च ईश्वरे ॥२४॥
śrī-rājovāca
katham sa bhagavān rāmo
bhrātīṇ vā svayam ātmanaḥ
tasmin vā te 'nvavartanta
prajāḥ paurāś ca īśvare
śrī-rājā uvāca—Mahārāja Parikṣit inquired;  katham —how;  saḥ —He, the Lord;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  rāmaḥ —Lord Rāmacandra;  bhrātīṇ —unto the brothers ( Lakṣmaṇa , Bharata and Śatrughna);  vā —either;  svayam —personally;  ātmanaḥ —expansions of His person;  tasmin —unto the Lord;  vā —either;  te —they (all the inhabitants and the brothers);  anvavartanta —behaved;  prajāḥ —all the inhabitants;  paurāḥ —the citizens;  ca —and;  īśvare —unto the Supreme Lord.
TRANSLATION
Mahārāja Parikṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmi: How did the Lord conduct Himself, and how did He behave in relationship