1542 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 30
PURPORT

Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Manu (the father of mankind), great saintly
persons and also great sages who have elevated themselves to the tran-
scendental platform through austerities and penance, as well as devotional
service, are imperfect in knowledge compared to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. This is the case with anyone within this material world. No
one can be equal to the Supreme Lord in anything, certainly not in knowl-
edge. Consequently anyone’s prayer to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is never complete. It is not possible to measure the complete
glories of the Supreme Lord, who is unlimited. Even the Lord Himself in
His incarnation as Ananta or Sega cannot describe His own glories. Al-
though Ananta has many thousands of faces and has been glorifying the
Lord for many, many years, He could not find the limit of the glories of
the Lord. Thus it is not possible to estimate the complete potencies and
glories of the Supreme Lord.

Nonetheless, everyone in devotional service can offer essential prayers
to the Lord. Everyone is situated in a relative position, and no one is per-
fect in glorifying the Lord. Beginning with Lord Brahma and Lord Siva
down to ourselves, everyone is the servant of the Supreme Lord. We are all
situated in relative positions according to our own karma. Yet every one of
us can offer prayers with heart and soul as far as we can appreciate the
Lord’s glories. That is our perfection. Even when one is in the darkest
region of existence, he is allowed to offer prayers to the Lord according to
his own capacity. The Lord therefore says in Bhagavad-gita:

mam hi partha vyapdsrit ya
ye ’pi syuh papa-yonayah
striyo vaisyds tatha sidras
te *pi yanti param gatim
‘“O son of Prtha, those who take shelter in Me, though they be of lower
birth—woman, vaisyas [merchants], as well as sidras [workers] —can ap-
proach the supreme destination.” (Bg. 9.32)

If one seriously accepts the lotus feet of the Lord, he is purified by the
grace of the Lord and by the grace of the Lord’s servant. This is confirmed
by Sukadeva Gosvami: ye ‘nye ca papa yad apagrayasrayah sudhyanti
tasmai prabhavisnave namah (Bhag. 2.4.18). One who is brought under the
lotus feet of the Lord by the endeavor of the Lord’s servant, the spiritual
master, is certainly immediately purified, however lowborn he may be. He
becomes eligible to return home, back to Godhead.
