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Him [the Lord], who is above all this. So how can lust take shelter in
His mind?

PURPORT

When Lord Siva was engaged in severely austere meditation, Cupid,
the demigod of lust, threw his arrow of sex desire, and Lord Siva, thus
being angry at him, glanced at Cupid in great wrath, and at once the body
of Cupid was annihilated. Although Lord Siva was so powerful, he was
unable to get free from the effects of such wrath. But in the behavior of
Lord Visnu there is no incidence of such wrath at any time. On the con-
trary, Bhrgu Muni tested the tolerance of the Lord by purposely kicking
His chest, but instead of being angry at Bhrgu Muni the Lord begged his
pardon, saying that Bhrgu Muni’s leg might have been badly hurt due to
His chest being too hard. The Lord has the sign of the foot of Bhrgu-pada
as the mark of tolerance. The Lord, therefore, is never affected by any
kind of wrath, so how can there be any place for lust, which is less strong
than wrath? When lust or desire is not fulfilled, there is the appearance of
wrath, but in the absence of wrath how can there by any place for lust?
The Lord is known as apta-kamah, or one who can fulfill His desires by
Himself. He does not require anyone’s help to satisfy His desires. The Lord
is unlimited, and therefore His desires are alse unlimited. All living
entities but the Lord are limited in every respect; how then can the
limited satisfy the desires of the unlimited? The conclusion is that the
Absolute Personality of Godhead has neither lust nor anger, and even if
there is sometimes a show of lust and anger by the Absolute, it should be
considered an absolute benediction.

TEXT 8

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TAS AATTTAT TAT |
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from: eaafta gan aT TIT UI < II

viddhah sapatny-udita-patribhir anti rajiio
balo ’pi sann upagatas tapase vanani

tasma adad dhruva-gatim grate prasanno
divyah stuvanti munayo yad upary-adhastat
