Text 12] Prayers by the Demigods 133
ment; bhuvi—on the surface of the globe; durga iti—the name Durga;
bhadrakali iti—the name Bhadrakali; vijaya—the name Vijaya;
vaisnavi iti—the name Vaisnavi; ca—also; kumuddéd—the name
Kumuda; candikd—the name Candika; krsna—the name Krsna;
madhavi—the name Madhavi; kanyaka iti—the name Kanyaka or
Kanya-kumari; ca—also; méyé—the name Maya; naérayani—the name
Narayani; iséni—the name Iéani; sdrada—the name Sarada; iti—thus;
ambika—the name Ambika; iti—also; ca—and.
TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna blessed Mayadevi by saying: In different places on
the surface of the earth, people will give you different names, such
as Durga, Bhadrakali, Vijaya, Vaisnavi, Kumuda, Candika, Krsna,
Madhavi, Kanyaka, Maya, Narayani, Iéani, Sarada and Ambika.

PURPORT

Because Krsna and His energy appeared simultaneously, people have
generally formed two groups—the saktas and the Vaisnavas—and some-
times there is rivalry between them. Essentially, those who are interested
in material enjoyment are saktas, and those interested in spiritual salva-
tion and attaining the spiritual kingdom are Vaisnavas. Because people
are generally interested in material enjoyment, they are interested in
worshiping Mayadevi, the energy of the Supreme Personality of God-
head. Vaisnavas, however, are suddha-saktas, or pure bhaktas, because
the Hare Krsna mahd-mantra indicates worship of the Supreme Lord’s
energy, Hara. A Vaisnava prays to the energy of the Lord for the oppor-
tunity to serve the Lord along with His spiritual energy. Thus Vaisnavas
all worship such Deities as Radha-Krsna, Sita-Rama, Laksmi-Narayana
and Rukmini-Dvarakadhisa, whereas durgd-saktas worship the material
energy under different names.

The names by which Mayadevi is known in different places have been
listed by Vallabhacarya as follows. In Varanasi she is known as Durga, in
Avanti she is known as Bhadrakdli, in Orissa she is known as Vijaya, and
in Kulahapura she is known as Vaisnavi or Mahalaksmi. (The represen-
tatives of Mahalaksmi and Ambika are present in Bombay.) In the coun-
try known as Kamaripa she is known as Candika, in Northern India as
