Text 271] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 59

TEXT 270
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narayana-parah sarve
na kutascana bibhyati
svargapavarga-narakesv
api tulyartha-darsinah

SYNONYMS

narayana-parah—persons who are devotees of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead Narayana; sarve—all; na—never; kutascana—anywhere; bibhyati—are
afraid; svarga—in the heavenly planetary system; apavarga—on the path of
liberation; narakesu—or in a hellish condition of life; api—even; tulya—equal;
artha—value; darsinah—seers of.

TRANSLATION

‘A person who is a devotee of Lord Narayana is not afraid of a hellish con-
dition because he considers it the same as elevation to heavenly planets or
liberation. The devotees of Lord Narayana are accustomed to seeing all these
things on the same level.’

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (6.17.28) regarding the personality
Citraketu. Once when Citraketu saw the goddess Parvati sitting on the lap of Lord
Sambhu (Siva), he became a little ashamed and criticized Lord Siva, who was sit-
ting just like an ordinary man with his wife on his lap. For this reason Citraketu was
cursed by Parvati. Later he became a demon named Vrtrasura. Citraketu was a
very powerful king and a devotee, and he could certainly retaliate even against
Lord Siva, but when Parvati cursed him, he immediately accepted the curse with a
bowed head. When he agreed to accept this curse, Lord Siva praised him and told
Parvati that a devotee of Lord Narayana is never afraid of accepting any position
provided there is a chance to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is
the purport of ndrayana-pardh sarve na kutascana bibhyati.

TEXT 271
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mukti, karma——dui vastu tyaje bhakta-gana
sei dui sthapa’ tumi ‘sadhya’, ‘sadhana’

