Text 3| King Prthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices 731

yatra yajna-palih saksad
bhagavan harir isvarah

anvabhiyata sarvalma
sarva-loka-guruh prabhuh

yalra—where; yajna-palih—the enjoyer of all sacrifices; saksal—directly ;
bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harih—Lord Visnu;
isvarah—the supreme controller; anvabhiiyala—became visible; sarva-alma—
the Supersoul of everyone; sarva-loka-guruh—the master of all planets or
the teacher of everyone; prabhuh—the proprietor.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, is present in every-
one’s heart as the Supersoul, and He is the proprietor of all planets and the
enjoyer of the results of all sacrifices. He was personally present at the
sacrifices made by King Prthu.

PURPORT

In this verse the word saksal is significant. Prthu Maharaja was a
Saklyavesa-avatara incarnation of Lord Visnu. Actually Prthu Maharaja was
a living entity, but he acquired specific powers from Lord Visnu. Lord
Visnu, however, is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus
belongs to the category of vignu-laltva. Maharaja Prthu belonged to the
jiva-tattva. The visnu-taltva indicates God, whereas the jiva-tattva indicates
the part and parcel of God. When God’s part and parcel is especially em-
powered, he is called saktyavesa-avatara. Lord Visnu is herein described as
harir tgsvarah. The Lord is so kind that He takes all miserable conditions
away from His devotees. Consequently He is called hart. He is described as
isvara because He can do whatever He likes. He is the supreme controller.
The supreme isvara purugotlama is Lord Krsna. He exhibits His powers as
isvara, or the supreme controller, when He assures His devotee in Bhagavad-
gila: ““Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. | shall
deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.” (Bg. 18.66) He can im-
mediately make Ilis devotee immune from all the reactions caused by sinful
life if the devotee simply surrenders unto Him. He is described herein as
sarvalma, meaning that He is present in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul,
and as such He is the supreme teacher of everyone. If we are fortunate
enough to take the lessons given by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita, our lives
immediately become successful. No one can give better instructions to
human society than Lord Krsna.
