812 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 20

fixed in his position. Thus when the King refused to accept any material
benediction, the Lord appreciated that refusal very much. Another signifi-
cant word in this verse is acyuta, which means “infallible.” Although the
Lord appears in this material world, He is never to be considered one of
the conditioned souls, who are all fallible. When the Lord appears, He
remains in His spiritual position, uncontaminated by the modes of material
nature, and therefore in Bhagavad-gita the Lord expresses the quality of
His appearance as atma-mayaya, “performed by internal potency.” The
Lord, being infallible, is not forced by material nature to take birth in this
material world. He appears in order to reestablish the perfect order of
religious principles and to vanquish the demoniac influence in human
society.
TEXTS 35-36

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devarsi-pitr-gandharva-
siddha-carana-pannagah

kinnarapsaraso martyah
khaga bhittany anekasah

yajnesvara-dhiya rajiia
vag-vittafjali-bhaktitah

sabhajita yayuh sarve
vaikunthanugatas tatah

deva—the demigods; rsi—the great sages; pitr—inhabitants of Pitrloka;
gandharva—inhabitants of Gandharvaloka; siddha— inhabitants of Siddha-
loka; cdrana—inhabitants of the Caranaloka; pannagah—inhabitants of the
planets where serpents live; kinnara—inhabitants of the Kinnara planets;
apsarasaf—inhabitants of the Apsaroloka; martyah—inhabitants of the
earthly planets; khagah—birds; bhiitani—other living entities; anekasah—
many; yajiia-isvara-dhiya—with perfect intelligence of thinking as part
and parcel of the Supreme Lord; rajiid—by the King; vak—with sweet
words; vitta—wealth; afijali_ with folded hands; bhaktitah—in a spirit of
