Text 36] Instructions by Maharaja Prthu 861

TEXT 36

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aho mamami vitaranty anugraham
harim gurum yajiia-bhujam adhigvaram
sva-dharma-yogena yajanti mamaka
nirantaram ksoni-tale drdha-vratah

aho—O all of you; mama—unto me; ami—all of them; vitaranti—dis-
tributing; anugraham—mercy ; harim—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
gurum—the supreme spiritual master; yajia-bhujam—all the demigods
eligible to accept yajna offering; adhisuaram—the supreme master; sva-
dharma—occupational duties; yogena—by dint of; yajanti— worship; mama-
kah—having a relationship with me; nirantaram—incessantly ; ksoni-tale—
on the surface of the globe; drdha-vratah—with firm determination.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master and enjoyer of the
results of all sacrifices, and He is the supreme spiritual master as well. All
of you citizens on the surface of the globe who have a relationship
with me and are worshiping Him by dint of your occupational duties are
bestowing your mercy upon me. Therefore, O my citizens, I thank you.

PURPORT

Maharaja Prthu’s advice to his citizens to take to devotional service is
now concluded in two ways. He has repeatedly advised persons who are
neophytes to engage themselves in devotional service according to the
capacities of the different orders of social and spiritual life, but here he
specifically thanks those who are already engaged in such devotional
service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is actually the enjoyer
of all sacrificial ceremonies and who is also the supreme teacher as
antaryami or Paramatma. There is specific mention of the word gurum,
which indicates the Supreme Personality as citta-guru. The Supreme
Godhead in His Paramatma feature is present in everyone’s heart, and He
is always trying to induce the individual soul to surrender unto Him and to
engage in devotional service; therefore He is the original spiritual master.
He manifests Himself as spiritual master both internally and externally to
