154 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2

brahma bhavas ca tatraitya
munibhir nadradddibhih

devaih sdnucaraih sakam
girbhir vrsanam aidayan

brahmé—the supreme four-headed demigod; bhavah ca—and Lord
Siva; tatra—there; etya—arriving; munibhih—accompanied by great
sages; ndrada-ddibhih—by Narada and others; devaih—and by
demigods like Indra, Candra and Varuna; sa-anucaraih—with their
followers; sakam—all together; girbhih—by their transcendental
prayers; vrsanam—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can
bestow blessings upon everyone; aidayan—pleased.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, accompanied by great sages like
Narada, Devala and Vyasa and by other demigods like Indra,
Candra and Varuna, invisibly approached the room of Devaki,
where they all joined in offering their respectful obeisances and
prayers to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can
bestow blessings upon everyone.

PURPORT

Dvau bhita-sargau loke ’smin daiva dsura eva ca (Padma Purana).
There are two classes of men—the daivas and the asuras— and there is a
great difference between them. Karnsa, being an asura, was always plan-
ning how to kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His mother,
Devaki. Thus he was also Krsna conscious. But devotees are Krsna con-
scious favorably (visnu-bhaktah smrto daivah). Brahmi is so powerful
that he is in charge of creating an entire universe, yet he personally came
to receive the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhava, Lord Siva, i is al-
ways jubilant in chanting the holy name of the Lord. And what to speak
of Narada? Narada-muni, bajaéya vind, radhikd-ramana-name. Narada
Muni is always chanting the glories of the Lord, and his engagement is to
travel all over the universe and find a devotee or make someone a devo-
tee. Even a hunter was made a devotee by the grace of Narada. Srila
Sanatana Gosvami, in his Tosani, says that the word ndrada-adibhih
