Text 12] The Pandavas Retire Timely 783
TEXT 12
TIAA ATA Aly TETlet-
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MTA AVeAATA AEATAANAT 1122
yat-tejasatha bhagavan yudhi sula-panir-
vismapitah sa-girijo ’stram adan nijam me
anye ’pi caham amunaiva kalevarena
prapto mahendra-bhavane mahad asanardham
yat—by whose; tejasd—by influence; atha—at one time; bhagavan—the
Personality of God (Lord Siva); yudhi—in the battle; s#la-papik—one who
has a trident in hand; vismapitah—astonished; sa-girijah—along with the
daughter of the Himalayan Mountains; astram—weapon; adat—awarded;
nijam—of his own; me—unto me; anye api—so also others; ca—and; aham—
myself; amuna—by this; eva—definitely; kalevarena—by the body; praptah
—obtained; maha-indra-bhavane—in the house of Indradeva; mahat—great;
asana-ardham —half-elevated seat.
TRANSLATION
It was by His influence only that in a fight I was able to astonish the
Personality of God Lord Siva and his wife, the daughter of Mount Hima-
laya. Thus he [Lord Siva] became pleased with me and awarded me his
own weapon. Other demigods also delivered their respective weapons to
me, and in addition I was able to reach the heavenly planets in this present
body and was allowed a half-elevated seat.
PURPORT
By the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna, all other
demigods, including Lord Siva, were pleased with Arjuna. The idea is that
one who is favored by Lord Siva or any other demigod may not necessarily
be favored by the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna (Godhead). Ravana was cer-
tainly a great devotee of Lord Siva, but he could not be saved from the
wrath of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Ramacandra. And
there are many instances like that in the histories of the Puranas. But here
is an instance where we can see that Lord Siva became pleased even in the
