Text 6] The Battle Between Lord Boar and Hiranyaksa 705

that when the demon was deprived of his mace by the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, not only the neophyte devotees but also the ancient sagacious
devotees of the Lord would be very much satisfied.

TEXT 6

a qaarensttrematat-
aeorit ware Atay |

ve  aghroneranene
TETEA: ARIAT | UI

sa tudyamano ’ri-durukta-tomarair
damstragra-gam gam upalaksya bhitam

todam mrsan niragad ambu-madhyad
grahahatah sa-karenur yathebhah

sah—He;, tudyamdnah—being pained; ari—of the enemy; durukta—
by the abusive words; tomaraih—by the weapons; damstra-agra—on the
ends of His tusks; gam—situaled; ga@m—the earth; upalaksya—sceing;
bhitam—frightened; todam—the pain; =mysan—bearing; niragal—He
came oul; antbu-madhyalt—from the midst of the walter; graha—by a
crocodile; dhatah—atlacked; sa-karenuh—along with a she-elephant; yalha—
as; ibhah—an clephant.

TRANSLATION

Although the Lord was pained by the shaftlike abusive words of the
demon, He bore the pain. But seeing that the earth on the ends of His tusks
was frightened, He rose out of the water just as an elephant emerges
with his female companion when assailed by an alligator.

PURPORT

The Mayavadt philosopher cannot understand that the Lord has feelings.
The Lord is satisfied if someone offers Him a nice prayer, and similarly, if
someone decries His existence or calls Him by ill names, God is dissatisfied.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is decried by the Mayavadi philo-
sophers, who are almost demons. They say that God has no head, no form,
no existence and no legs, hands or other bodily limbs. In other words, they
say that He is dead or lame. All these misconceptions of the Supreme
Lord are a source of dissatisfaction to Him; He is never pleased with such
