766 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 20
sri bhagavan uvaca
esa te ’karsid bhangarm
haya-medha-satasya ha
ksamapayata atmanam
amusya ksantum arhasi
Sri bhagavan uvaca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu,
spoke; esah—this Lord Indra; te—your; akarsit—performed; bhangam-—dis-
turbance; haya—horse; medha—sacrifice; satasya—of the one-hundredth;
ha—indeed; ksamapayatah—who is asking pardon; dtmanam—unto your-
self; amusya—him; ksantum—to forgive; arhasi—you ought.
TRANSLATION
Lord Visnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, said: My dear King
Prthu, Indra, the King of heaven, has disturbed your execution of one
hundred sacrifices. Now he has come with Me to be forgiven by you. There-
fore excuse him.
PURPORT
In this verse the word atmanam is very significant. It is a custom among
yogis and jnanis to address one another (even an ordinary man) as one’s
self, for a transcendentalist never accepts a living being to be the body.
Since the individual self is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the self and the Superself are qualitatively nondifferent. As the
next verse will explain, the body is only a superficial covering, and conse-
quently an advanced transcendentalist will not make a distinction between
one self and another.
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sudhiyah sadhavo loke
naradeva narottamah
nabhidruhyanti bhitebhyo
yarhi natma kalevaram
su-dhiyah—the most intelligent persons; sadhavah—who are inclined to
perform welfare activities; loke—in this world; nara-deva—O King; nara-
uttamah—the best of human beings; na abhidruhyanti—never become mali-
