Text 15] Rsabhadeva’s Appearance 129

yat—because; u ha vdva—indeed; tava—Your: punah—again;
adabhra-kartah—O Lord, who performs many activities; iha—here, in
this arena of sacrifice; samadhitah—invited: tatra—therefore; artha-
dhiyam—who aspire to fulfill material desires; mandanaém—not very
intelligent; nah—of us; tat—that; yat—which; deva-helanam—dis-
respect of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; deva-deva—Lord of
lords; arhasi—please; samyena—because of Your equipoised position;
sarvan—everything; prativodhum—tolerate; avidusém—of us, who are
all ignorant.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, You perform many wonderful activities. Our only aim
was to acquire a son by performing this great sacrifice; therefore
our intelligence is not very sharp. We are not experienced in
ascertaining life’s goal. By inviting You to this negligible sacrifice
for some material motive, we have certainly committed a great
offense at Your lotus feet. Therefore, O Lord of lords, please ex-
cuse our offense because of Your causeless mercy and equal mind.

PURPORT

The priests were certainly unhappy to have called the Supreme Lord
from Vaikuntha for such an insignificant reason. A pure devotee never
wants to see the Lord unnecessarily. The Lord is engaged in various ac-
tivities, and the pure devotee does not want to see Him whimsically, for
his own sense gratification. The pure devotee simply depends on the
Lord’s mercy, and when the Lord is pleased, he can see Him face to face.
The Lord is unseen even by demigods like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva.
By calling on the Supreme Lord, the priests of Nabhi Maharaja proved
themselves unintelligent; nonetheless, the Lord came out of His cause-
less mercy. All of them therefore wanted to be excused by the Lord.

Worship of the Supreme Lord for material gain is not approved by
authorities. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (7.16):

catur-vidha bhajante mam
Janah sukrtino ’rjuna
Grto jijndsur artharthi
jnani ca bharatarsabha
