174 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 10
PURPORT

This verse mentions some of the material advantages afforded to per-
sons associated with or devoted to Lord Siva. Apart from Lord Siva, if
one is a devotee of any other demigod, one receives some material advan-
tages. Foolish people, therefore, become devotees of demigods. This has
been pointed out and criticized by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita (7.20):
kadmais tais tair hrta-jidnah prapadyante ’nya-devatah. Those who are
not devotees of Krsna have a taste for women, wine and so forth, and
therefore they have been described as hrta-jiidna, bereft of sense. The
Krsna consciousness movement can very easily point out such foolish
persons, for they have been indicated in Bhagavad-gita (7.15), where
Lord Krsna says:

na mam duskrtino midhah
prapadyante naraddhamah
mayayapahrta-jnana
dsuram bhavam Géritah
“Those miscreants who are grossly foolish, lowest among mankind,
whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic
nature of demons, do not surrender unto Me.” Anyone who is not a devo-
tee of Krsna and does not surrender to Krsna must be considered
narddhama, the lowest of men, and duskrti, one who always commits
sinful activities. Thus there is no difficulty in finding out who is a third-
class or fourth-class man, for one’s position can be understood simply by
this crucial test: is he or is he not a devotee of Krsna?

Why are devotees of the demigods greater in number than the
Vaisnavas? The answer is given herein. Vaisnavas are not interested in
such fourth-class pleasures as wine and women, nor does Krsna allow
them such facilities.

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