1074 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 24
Lord Siva is therefore praying to the Personality of Godhead to be kind
to us so that simply by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra we can understand
everything in both the material and spiritual worlds. The word amusmai is
significant in this regard because it indicates the best target one can aim for
after attaining the higher planetary systems. Those who are engaged in
fruitive activities (karmis) attain the higher planetary systems as a result of
their past activities, and the jfianis, who seek unification or a monistic
merging with the effulgence of the Supreme Lord, also attain their desired
end, but in the ultimate issue, the devotees who desire to personally asso-
ciate with the Lord are promoted to the Vaikunthalokas, or Goloka
Vrndavana. The Lord is described in Bhagavad-gita as pavitram paramam
(Bg. 10.12), the supremely pious one. This is also confirmed in this verse.
Sukadeva Gosvami has stated that the cowherd boys who played with Lord
Krsna were not ordinary living entities. Only after accumulating many
pious activities in various births does one get the opportunity to personally
associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since only the pure
can reach Him, He is the supreme pure.
TEXT 41
meena frrarr rakarT watt |
AMSAT BAT TSA FT Ue2ll
pravrttdya nivrttaya
pitr-devaya karmane
namo *dharma-vipadkaya
mrtyave duhkha-ddaya ca
pravurttaya—inclination; nivrttaya—disinclination; pitr-devaya—unto the
master of Pitrloka; karmane—unto the resultant action of fruitive activities;
namah—offering respects; adharma—irreligious; vipakaya—unto the result;
mrtyave—unto death; duhkha-daya—the cause of all kinds of miserable
conditions; ca—also.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, You are the viewer of the results of pious activities. You
are inclination, disinclination and their resultant activities. You are the
cause of the miserable conditions of life caused by irreligion, and therefore
You are death. I offer You my respectful obeisances.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated in everyone’s heart,
and from Him issue a living entity’s inclinations and disinclinations. This
is confirmed in Bhagavad-gita:
