400 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
SYNONYMS

yat—that; arinadm—of the enemies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
priyandm—of the devotees, who are very dear to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; ca—and; pradpyam—destination; ekam—one only; iva—thus; uditam—said;
tat—that; brahma—of impersonal Brahman; krsnayoh—and of Krsna, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; aikyat—due to the oneness; kirana—the sunshine; arka—
and the sun; upama—the comparison; jusoh—which is understood by.

TRANSLATION

‘Where it has been stated that the Lord’s enemies and devotees attain the same
destination, this refers to the ultimate oneness of Brahman and Lord Krsna. This
may be understood by the example of the sun and the sunshine, in which Brahman
is like the sunshine and Krsna Himself is like the sun.”

PURPORT

This verse is from the Bhakti-rasdmrta-sindhu (1.2.278) of Srila Ripa Gosvami,
who further discusses this same topic in his Laghu-bhagavatamrta (1.5.41). There he
refers to the Visnu Purdna (4.15.1), where Maitreya Muni asked ParaSara, in regard
to Jaya and Vijaya, how it was that Hiranyaka$ipu next became Ravana and enjoyed
more material happiness than the demigods but did not attain salvation, although
when he became Sisupala, quarreled with Krsna and was killed, he attained salva-
tion and merged into the body of Lord Krsna. Parasara replied that Hiranyakasipu
failed to recognize Lord Nrsirmhadeva as Lord Visnu. He thought that Nrsimhadeva
was some living entity who had acquired such opulence by various pious activities.
Being overcome by the mode of passion, he considered Lord Nrsimhadeva
an ordinary living entity, not understanding His form. Nevertheless, because
HiranyakaSipu was killed by the hands of Lord Nrsimbhadeva, in his next life he
became Ravana and had proprietorship of unlimited opulence. As Ravana, with
unlimited material enjoyment, he could not accept Lord Rama as the Personality
of Godhead. Therefore even though he was killed by Rama, he did not attain
sayujya, or oneness with the body of the Lord. In his Ravana body he was too
much attracted by Rama’s wife, Janaki, and because of that attraction he was
able to see Lord Rama. But instead of accepting Lord Rama as an incarnation of
Visnu, Ravana thought Him an ordinary living being. When killed by the hands of
Rama, therefore, he got the privilege of taking birth as Sisupala, who had such
immense opulence that he could think himself a competitor to Krsna. Although
Sigsupala was always envious of Krsna, he frequently uttered the name of Krsna
and always thought of the beautiful features of Krsna. Thus by constantly
thinking and chanting of Krsna, even unfavorably, he was cleansed of the con-
tamination of his sinful activities. When Sisupala was killed by the Sudargana cakra
of Kysna as an enemy, his constant remembrance of Kysna dissolved the reactionsof
his vices, and he attained salvation by becoming one with the body of the Lord.
