Text 28] Conversation Between Maitreya and Vidura 779

ekah—You alone; klesa-dah—inflicting distress; tesam—on those; andsanna—
not taken shelter; padam—feet; tava—Your.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, You are the only one capable of ending the affliction of the
distressed and inflicting agony on those who never resort to Your feet.

PURPORT

The words klesadas tesam anasanna-padam tava indicate that the Lord
has two concerns. The first is to give protection to persons who take
shelter of His lotus feet, and the second is to give trouble to those who are
always demoniac and who are inimical towards the Lord. Maya's function
is to give afflictions to the nondevotees. Here Brahma said, “You are the
protector of the surrendered souls; therefore | surrender unto Your lotus
feet. Please give me protection from these demons.”

TEXT 28
AST Hes Hara: |
fasradd dfn fata z Rll

so ‘vadharyasya karpanyam
viviktadh yatma-darsanah

vimuficatma-tanum ghoram
ity ukto vimumoca ha

sah—the Supreme Lord, Hari; avadhdrya—perceiving; asya—of Lord
Brahma; karpanyam—the distress; vivikta—without a doubt; adhyatma—
minds of others; darsanah—one who can see; vimufca—cast off; atma-
tanum—your body; ghoram—impure; iti uktah—thus commanded; vimu-
moca ha—Lord Brahma threw it off.

TRANSLATION

The Lord, who can distinctly see the minds of others, perceived
Brahma’s distress and said to him: Cast off this impure body of yours.
Thus commanded by the Lord, Brahmi cast off his body.

PURPORT

The Lord is described here by the word viviktadhyatma-darsanah. If
anyone can completely perceive another’s distress without doubt, it is the
