Text 30] The Killing of the Demon Patana 25
vedesu durlabham adurlabham aétma-bhaktau
govindam ddi-purusarh tam aham bhajami
“I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is the
original person—nondual, infallible, and without beginning. Although
He expands into unlimited forms, He is still the original, and although
He is the oldest person, He always appears as a fresh youth. Such eternal,
blissful and all-knowing forms of the Lord cannot be understood by the
academic wisdom of the Vedas, but they are always manifest to pure,
unalloyed devotees.”

While decorating the body with tilaka, we give protection to the body
by chanting twelve names of Visnu. Although Govinda, or Lord Visnu, is
one, He has different names and forms with which to act differently. But
if one cannot remember all the names at one time, one may simply chant,
“Lord Visnu, Lord Visnu, Lord Visnu,” and always think of Lord Visnu.
Visnor Gradhanam param: this is the highest form of worship. If one
remembers Visnu always, even though one is disturbed by many bad ele-
ments, one can be protected without a doubt. The Ayurveda-sastra
recommends, ausadhi cintayet visnum: even while taking medicine, one
should remember Visnu, because the medicine is not all and all and Lord
Visnu is the real protector. The material world is full of danger (padarn_—-
padam yad vipadam). Therefore one must become a Vaisnava and think
of Visnu constantly. This is made easier by the chanting of the Hare
Krsna mahd-mantra. Therefore Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has recom-
mended, kirtaniyah sada harih, param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam,
and kirtanad eva krsnasya mukta-sangah param vrajet.

TEXT 30
HA TaTF
ei sorrrartaaiatht: «Hae |
arafeal Raat Ala AeTATATEATT | Fol
Sri-Suka uvaca
iti pranaya-baddhabhir
gopibhih krta-raksanam
payayitva stanam mata
sannyavesayad Gtmajam
