1044 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24

worshiper of Lord Siva gets all kinds of material facilities. In contrast, a
Vaisnava, or worshiper of Lord Visnu, gradually becomes poorer in mate-
rial possessions because Lord Visnu does not trick His devotees into becom-
ing materially entangled by possessions. Lord Visnu gives His devotees
intelligence from within, as stated in Bhagavad-gita:

tesam satata-yuktanam
bhajatam priti-pirvakam

dadami buddhi-yogam tam
yena mam upayadnti te

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give
the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Bg. 10.19)

Thus Lord Visnu gives intelligence to His devotee so that the devotee
can make progress on the path back home, back to Godhead. Since a
devotee has nothing to do with any kind of material possession, he does
not come under the control of Goddess Kali or the Goddess Durga.

Lord Siva is also in charge of the tamo-guna, or the mode of ignorance
in this material world. Both Lord Brahma and Lord Siva are incarnations of
Lord Visnu, but Lord Brahma is in charge of the creation whereas Lord
Siva is in charge of the destruction, which he carries out with the help of
his material energy, Goddess Kali or Goddess Durga. Thus in this verse
Lord Siva is described as being accompanied by dangerous potencies
(saktya ghoraya), and that is the actual position of Lord Siva.

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maitreya uvaca
pracetasah pitur vakyam
Sirasadaya sadhavah
digam praticim prayayus
tapasy adrta-cetasah
maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; prace-

tasah—all the sons of King Pracinabarhi; pituh—of the father; vakyam—
words; sirasa—on the head; adaya—accepting; sadhavah—all pious; digam—
