Text 35] The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata 63

in other words, an untouchable—is immediately relieved of bon-
dage to material existence if he utters the holy name of the Lord
even once.

PURPORT

Sukadeva Gosvami was speaking to Maharaja Pariksit about the ac-
tivities of King Priyavrata, and since the King might have had doubts
about these wonderful, uncommon activities, Sukadeva Gosvami
reassured him. ‘*My dear King,” he said, ““don’t be doubtful about the
wonderful activities of Priyavrata. For a devotee of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, everything is possible because the Lord is also
known as Urukrama.”” Urukrama is a name for Lord Vamanadeva, who
performed the wonderful act of occupying the three worlds with three
footsteps. Lord Vamanadeva requested three paces of land from Mahara-
ja Bali, and when Maharaja Bali agreed to grant them, the Lord im-
mediately covered the entire world with two footsteps, and for His third
step He placed His foot upon Bali Maharaja’s head. Sri Jayadeva Gosvami
says:

chalayasi vikramane balim adbhuta-vamana
pada-nakha-nira-janita-jana-pavana
kesava dhrta-vamana-riipa jaya jagadisa hare

“All glories to Lord Kesava, who assumed the form of a dwarf. O Lord of
the universe, who takes away everything inauspicious for the devotees!
O wonderful Vamanadeva! You tricked the great demon Bali Maharaja by
Your steps. The water that touched the nails of Your lotus feet when You
pierced through the covering of the universe purifies all living entities in
the form of the River Ganges.”

Since the Supreme Lord is all-powerful, He can do things that seem
wonderful for acommon man. Similarly, a devotee who has taken shelter
at the lotus feet of the Lord can also do wonderful things. unimaginable
to a common man, by the grace of the dust of those lotus feet. Caitanya
Mahaprabhu therefore teaches us to take shelter of the Lord's lotus feet:

ayt nanda-tanuja kinkaram
patitam mam visame bhavambudhau
