1170 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25

ndsam varorv anyatama bhuvi-sprk
purim imam vira-varena sakam

arhasy alankartum adabhra-karmana
lokam param Srir iva yajiia-pumsa

na—not; dsam—of these; varoru—O most fortunate one; anyatama—any-
one; bhuvi-sprk—touching the ground; purim—city ; imam-—this; vira-varena
—the great hero; sakam—along with; arhasi—you deserve; alankartum—to
decorate; adabhra—glorious; karmanad—whose activities; lokam—world;
param—transcendental; srih—the goddess of fortune; iva—like; yajria-punisa
—with the enjoyer of all yajfias.

TRANSLATION

O greatly fortunate one, it appears that you are none of the women I
have mentioned because I see that your feet are touching the ground. But
if you are some woman of this planet, you can, like the goddess of fortune
who, accompanied by Lord Visnu, increases the beauty of the Vaikuntha
planets, also increase the beauty of this city by associating with me. You
should understand that I am a great hero and a very powerful king on this
planet.

PURPORT

There is a difference between demoniac mentality and devotional
mentality. Devotees know perfectly well that the goddess of fortune, who
is the constant companion of Visnu or Narayana, cannot be enjoyed by a
living entity. This higher sense of understanding is called Krsna conscious-
ness. Nonetheless, everyone wants to become happy by imitating the
prosperity of Narayana. In this verse Purafijana states that the girl appears
to be an ordinary woman. However, since he is attracted by her, he requests
that she become as happy as the goddess of fortune by associating with
him. Thus he introduces himself as a great king with great influence so that
she might accept him as her husband and be as happy as the goddess of
fortune. To desire to enjoy this material world as a subordinate of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is godly. The demons, however, want to
enjoy this material world without considering the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. This is the difference between a demon and a demigod.

The word bhuvi-sprk mentioned in this verse is very significant. When
the demigods sometimes come to this planet, they do not touch the ground.
Purarijana could understand that this girl did not belong to the transcenden-
tal world or the higher planetary system because her feet were touching
