312 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

to the Personality of Godhead, and they immediately get all facilities from
the Lord to advance in Krsna consciousness. The non-devotees, however,
are very careful about preserving their material condition of life. Generally,
therefore, such nondevotees do not come to worship the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, but worship Lord Siva or other demigods for imme-
diate material profit. In the Bhagavad-gita it is said, therefore, kanksantah
karmanam siddhim yajanta iha devatah: the karmis, in order to achieve
success within this material world, worship the various demigods. It is also
stated by Lord Krsna that those who worship the demigods are not mature
in their intelligence. The devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
therefore, because of their strong attachment for Him, do not foolishly go
to the demigods.

Lord Krsna said to King Yudhisthira: ““My devotee is not deterred by
any adverse conditions of life; he always remains firm and steady. There-
fore I give Myself to him, and I favor him so he can achieve the highest
success in life.” The mercy bestowed upon the tried devotee by the
Supreme Personality is described as Brahman, which indicates that the
greatness of that mercy can be compared only to the all-pervasive great-
ness. Brahman means unlimitedly great and unlimitedly expanding. That
mercy is also described as parama, for it has no comparison within this
material world, and it is also called siksmam, very fine. The Lord’s mercy
upon the tried devotee is not only great and unlimitedly expansive, but it
is of the finest quality of transcendental love between the devotee and the
Lord. Such mercy is further described as cinmatram, completely spiritual.
The use of the word matram indicates absolute spirituality, with no tinge
of material qualities. That mercy is also called sat, eternal, and anantakam,
unlimited. Since the devotee of the Lord is awarded such unlimited
spiritual benefit, why should he worship the demigods? A devotee of Krsna
does not worship Lord Siva or Brahma or any other subordinate demigod.
He completely devotes himself to the transcendental loving service of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: “The demigods, headed by Lord Brahma
and Lord Siva and including Lord Indra, Candra, Varuna and others, are
apt to become very quickly satisfied and very quickly angered by the good
and ill behavior of their devotees. But this is not so with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Visnu,”” This means that any living entity within
this material world, including the demigods, is conducted by the three
modes of material nature, and therefore the qualities of ignorance and
passion are very prominent within the material world. Those devotees who
take blessings from the demigods are also infected with the material quali-
