708 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 18
That is the version of Bhagavad-gita, which confirms, by the Lord’s state-
ment, that behind the material laws or nature’s laws and behind the
growth, maintenance, production and evolution of all the planetary
systems—behind every thing—is the Lord’s direction. The Lord’s activities
could be appreciated only by the demigods, headed by Bralima, and there-
fore when they saw the uncommon prowess of the Lord in keeping the
earth on the surface of the water, they showered flowers on Him in
appreciation of His transcendental activity.
TEXT 9
WAT Treated
mene HAAMACAT |
TSA: Teeet TAT US Il
pardnusaktam tapaniyopakalpam
mahda-gadam kdiicana-citra-damsam
marmany abhiksnam pratudantam duruktath
pracanda-manyuh prahasams tam babhase

pard—from behind; anusaktam—who followed very close; lapaniya-
upakalpam—who had a considerable amount of gold ornaments; maha-
gadam—with a great mace; kdficana—golden; citra—beautiful; damsam—
armor; marmani—the cores of the heart; abhiksnam—constantly;
pratudantam—piercing; duruklaih—by abusive words; pracanda—terrible;
manyuh—anger; prahasan—laughing; tam—to him; babhdse—He said.

TRANSLATION '

The demon, who had a wealth of ornaments, bangles and beautiful golden
armor on his body, chased the Lord from behind with a great mace. The
Lord tolerated his piercing ill words, but in order to reply to him, He ex-
pressed His terrible anger.

PURPORT

The Lord could have chastised the demon immediately while he was
deriding the Lord with ill words, but Ife tolerated him to please the demi-
gods and to show that they should not be afraid of demons while dis-
charging their duties. Therefore His toleration was displayed mainly to
drive away the fears of the demigods, who should know that the Lord is
