158 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2
prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He had now ap-
peared in the womb of His devotee Devaki to protect all the devotees
harassed by Karnsa and his lieutenants. Thus the Lord acts as satya-
vrata. The protection given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead can-
not be compared to the protection given by the demigods. It is said that
Ravana was a great devotee of Lord Siva, but when Lord Ramacandra
went to kill him, Lord Siva could not give him protection.

Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, accompanied by great sages like Narada
and followed by many other demigods, had now invisibly appeared in the
house of Karnsa. They began to pray for the Supreme Personality of God-
head in select prayers which are very pleasing to the devotees and which
award fulfillment of devotional desires. The first words they spoke ac-
claimed that the Lord is true to His vow. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita,
Krsna descends upon this material world just to protect the pious and
destroy the impious. That is His vow. The demigods could understand
that the Lord had taken His residence within the womb of Devaki to
fulfill this vow. They were very glad that the Lord was appearing to
fulfill His mission, and they addressed Him as satyam param, or the
Supreme Absolute Truth.

Everyone is searching after the truth. That is the philosophical way of
life. The demigods give information that the Supreme Absolute Truth is
Krsna. One who becomes fully Krsna conscious can attain the Absolute
Truth. Krsna is the Absolute Truth. Relative truth is not truth in all the
three phases of eternal time. Time is divided into past, present and
future. Krsna is Truth always, past, present and future. In the material
world, everything is being controlled by supreme time, in the course of
past, present and future. But before the creation, Krsna was existing,
and when there is creation, everything is resting in Krsna, and when this
creation is finished, Krsna will remain. Therefore, He is Absolute Truth
in all circumstances. If there is any truth within this material world, it
emanates from the Supreme Truth, Krsna. If there is any opulence
within this material world, the cause of the opulence is Krsna. If there is
any reputation within this material world, the cause of the reputation is
Krsna. If there is any strength within this material world, the cause of
such strength is Krsna. If there is any wisdom and education within this
material world, the cause of such wisdom and education is Krsna.
Therefore Krsna is the source of all relative truths.
