702 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 18
boar, actually he worshiped Him in several words. For example, he
addressed Him as vana-gocarah, which means one who is a resident of the
forest, but another meaning of vana-gocarah is one who lies on the water.
Visnu lies on the water, so the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be
properly addressed in this way. The demon also addressed Him as
mrgah, indicating, unintentionally, that the Supreme Personality is sought
after by great sages, saintly persons and transcendentalists. He also
addressed Him as ajfia. Sridhara Svami says that jfia means knowledge and
there is no knowledge which is unknown to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Indirectly, therefore, the demon said that Visnu knows every-
thing. He addressed Him as suradhama. Sura means the demigods, and
adhama means Lord of all there is. He is Lord of all the demigods; there-
fore He is the best of all demigods, or God. When the demon used the
phrase ‘tin my presence,” the implied meaning was: “In spite of my
presence, You are completely able to take away the earth.” Na svasti
yasyasi: ‘Unless You kindly take this earth from our custody, there can
be no good fortune for us.”
TEXT 4
ad a: aretoan fi ut
TAT RATT TAT |
at | ATARaNTTTY
Ha Fe THA BETA I v Il
tvam nah sapatnair abhavaya kim bhrto
yo mayaya hanty asuran paroksa-jit
tvam yogamaya-balam alpa-paurusam
samsthapya miidha pramyje suhrc-chucah
tvam— You; nah—us; sapatnaih—by our enemies; abhavaya—for killing;
kim—is it that; bhytah— maintained; yah—He who; mayaya—by deception;
hanti—kills; asuran—the demons; parokgsa-jit—who conquered by remaining
invisible; tvam—You; yogamaya-balam—whose strength is bewildering power;
alpa-paurusam—whose power is meager; sarnsthapya—after killing; midha—
fool; pramyje—I shall wipe out; suhrt-sucah—the grief of my kinsmen.
TRANSLATION
You rascal, You have been nourished by our enemies to kill us, and You
have killed some demons by remaining invisible. O fool, Your power is only
mystic, so today I shall enliven my kinsmen by killing You.
