604 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 14

TRANSLATION

You are so much devoted to the demigods, but who are they? Indeed,
your affection for these demigods is exactly like the affection of an un-
chaste woman who neglects her married life and gives all attention to her
paramour.

TEXTS 26-27

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visnur virinico girlsa
indro vayur yamo ravih
parjanyo dhanadah somah
ksitir agnir apam-patih

ete canye ca vibudhah
prabhavo vara-sapayoh

dehe bhavanti nrpateh
sarva-devamayo nrpah

visnuh—Lord Visnu; viriicah—Lord Brahma; girigah—Lord Siva; indrah—
Lord Indra; vayuh— Vayu, the director of the air; yamah— Yama, the super-
intendent of death; ravih—the sun-god; parjanyah—the director of rainfall;
dhana-dah—Kuvera, the treasurer; somah—the moon-god; ksitih—the pre-
dominating deity of the earth; agnih—the fire-god; apam-patih—Varuna,
the lord of waters; ete—all these; ca—and; anye—others; ca—also; vibudhah
—demigods; prabhavah—competent;vara-sapayoh— in both benedictionand
curse; dehe—in the body ; bhavanti—abide; nrpateh—of the king; sarva-deva-
mayah—comprising all demigods; nrpah—the king.

TRANSLATION

Lord Visnu; Lord Brahma; Lord Siva; Lord Indra; Vayu, the master of
air; Yama, the superintendent of death; the sun-god; the director of rainfall;
Kuvera, the treasurer; the moon-god; the predominating deity of the earth;
Agni, the fire-god; Varuna, the lord of waters, and all others who are great
and competent to bestow benedictions or to curse, all abide in the body of
the king. For this reason the king is known as the reservoir of all demigods,
who are simply parts and parcels of the king’s body.
