564 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 14
universe, yet it can be easily smashed by the arrangement of the Supreme
Lord. The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not need to descend in
order to kill any strongly built body; He comes down just for the sake of
His devotees. Everyone is subject to the miseries offered by material na-
ture, but because the activities of miscreants, such as killing innocent
people and animals or torturing women, are harmful to everyone and are
therefore a source of pain for the devotees, the Lord comes down. He
descends only to give relief to His ardent devotees. The killing of the
miscreant by the Lord is also the mercy of the Lord towards the mis-
creant, although apparently the Lord takes the part of the devotee.
Since the Lord is absolute, there is no difference between His activities of
killing the miscreants and favoring the devotees.
TEXT 42
TY ATI  ANTQANTAaTEAT |
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SI TAG AT FATA 1221
ditir wvaca
vadham bhagavata saksat
sunabhodarabahuna
asase putrayor mahyam
ma kruddhad brahmanad prabho
ditih uvaca—Witi said; vadham—the killing; bhagavata—by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; saksat—directly; sunabha—with His Sudargana
weapon; uddra—very magnanimous; bahuna—by the arms; adsase—I desire;
putrayoh—of the sons; mahyam—of mine; ma—never be it so; kruddhat—
by the rage; brahmanat—of the brahmanas; prabho—O my husband.
TRANSJ.ATION
Diti said: It is very good that my sons will be magnanimously killed by
the arms of the Personality of Godhead with His Sudaréana weapon. O my
husband, may they never be killed by the wrath of the brahmana devotees.
PURPORT
When Diti heard from her husband that the great souls would be
angered by the activities of her sons, she was very anxious. She thought
that her sons might be killed by the wrath of the brahmanas. The Lord
does not appear when the brahmanas become angry at someone because
the wrath of a brahmana is sufficient in itself. He certainly appears,
