Text 22] The Doorkeepers Cursed by the Sages 657

by the opulence of the Lord, not by the brahmanas’ benedictions upon
Him. The Lord is not dependent on anyone’s mercy for His opulence; He
is always self-sufficient. The Lord’s statement that His opulence is due to
the benediction of the brahmanas and Vaisnavas is only to teach others
that they should offer respect to the brahmanas and Vaisnavas, the
devotees of the Lord.

TEXT 22

THe Aanrafegn fafa: a:
afrarRfat faszzarty |

a ad sefnfa wana
MIqT MAA Tsar FTA UM

dharmasya te bhagavatas tri-yuga tribhih svaih
padbhis caracaram idamh dvija-devatartham

nunam bhrtam tad-abhighati rajas tamas ca
sattvena no vara-daya tanuva nirasya

dharmasya—of the personification of all religion;te—of You; bhagavatah—
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tri-yuga—You who are manifest in
all three millenniums; tribhih—by three; svaih—Your own; padbhih—
feet; cara-acaram—animate and inanimate; idam—this universe; dvija—
the twice-born; devata—the demigods; artham—for the sake of; nunam—
however; bhrtam—protected; tat—those feet; abhighati—destroying;
rajah—the mode of passion; tamah—the mode of ignorance; ca—and;
satlvena—of pure goodness; nah—unto us; vara-daya—bestowing all bless-
ings; tanuva—by Your transcendental form; nirasya—driving away.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, You are the personification of all religion. Therefore You
manifest Yourself in three millenniums, and thus You protect this
universe, which consists of animate and inanimate beings. By Your grace,
which is of pure goodness and is the bestower of all blessing, kindly
drive away the elements of rajas and tamas for the sake of the demigods
and twice-born.

PURPORT

The Lord is addressed in this verse as tri-yuga, or one who appears in
three millenniums—namely the Satya, Dvapara and Treta yugas. He is not
