894 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 22

PURPORT

The brahmanas and. Vaisnavas are the bearers of Lord Visnu, the all-
auspicious. As confirmed in the Brahma-samhita:

premanjana-cchurita-bhak ti-vilocanena
santah sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti

yam Syamasundaram acintya-guna-svarupam
govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami.

The devotees, out of their extreme love for Govinda, the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead, always carry the Lord within their hearts. The Lord is
already in the heart of everyone, but the Vaisnavas and the brahmanas
actually perceive and see Him always in ecstasy. Therefore brahmanas and
Vaisnavas are carriers of Visnu. Wherever they go, Lord Vignu, Lord Siva
or the devotees of Lord Visnu are all carried. The four Kumaras are brah-
manas, and they visited the place of Maharaja Prthu. Naturally Lord Visnu
and His devotees were also present. Under the circumstances, the conclu-
sion is that when the brahmanas and Vaisnavas are pleased with a person,
Lord Visnu is also pleased. This is confirmed by Srila Visvanatha
Cakravarti Thakura in his eight stanzas on the spiritual master: yasya
prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. By pleasing the spiritual master, who is both
brahmana and Vaisnava, one pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is pleased, then one has nothing
more to achieve either in this world or after death.

TEXT 9

AT TATA Slat ST FATA TT |
ayy ated ad seat Isa Baa: 1.3 11

naiva laksayate loko
lokan paryatato ‘pi yan
yatha sarva-drsam sarva
atmanam ye ’sya hetavah
na— not; eva—thus;laksayate—can see;lokah—people;lokan— all planets;
paryatatah—traveling; api—although; yan—whom; yatha—as much as;
sarva-drsam—the Supersoul; sarve—in all; atmanam—within everyone; ye—
those; asya—of the cosmic manifestation; hetavah —causes.

TRANSLATION

Prthu Maharaja continued: Although you are traveling in all planetary
systems, people cannot know ro, just as they cannot know the Supersoul,
although He is within everyone’s heart as the witness of everything. Even
Lord Brahma and Lord Siva cannot understand the Supersoul.
