Text 373] The Lord Instructs Sanatana Gosvami 211
vested in Lord Brahma, and the power to carry innumerable planets was in-
vested in Lord Ananta.
TEXT 372
CHCA “A-CHAM’=MS, YYCS “Mite |
HABACT ‘QA F-AT GAVIA? 1 092 1
sese ‘sva-sevana’-sakti, prthute ‘palana’
parasurame ‘dusta-ndsaka-virya-saficdrana’
SYNONYMS
Sese—in Lord Sesa; sva-sevana gakti—the power to serve the Lord personally;
prthute—in King Prthu; palana—the power to rule; parasurame—in Parasurama;
dusta-nasaka-virya—the extraordinary power to kill rogues and miscreants;
sanicdrana—empowering.
TRANSLATION
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead invested the power of personal ser-
vice to Lord Sega, and He invested the power to rule the earth in King Prthu.
Lord Parasurama received the power to kill rogues and miscreants.
PURPORT
Krsna says in Bhagavad-gité (Bg. 4.8): paritranaya sddhGnam vindsaya ca
duskrtam. Sometimes the Lord invests His power to rule in a king like Prthu and
enables such a king to kill rogues and miscreants. He also invests His power in
incarnations like ParaSurama.
TEXT 373
Btlate stray Tafa Gara |
S atcan farace Bla aa ASST | vas |
jfiana-sakty-adi-kalaya
yatravisto janardanah
ta dvesd nigadyante
jiva eva mahattamah
SYNONYMS
jfiana-sakti-adi-kalayd—by portions of the potencies of knowledge, devotional
service, creation, personal service, ruling over the material world, carrying the dif-
