306 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 9

immediately alarmed due to the mistreatment of a devotee. She came out
of the deity and, taking the chopper in her own hands, killed all the
dacoits there. Thus a pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead can remain silent despite the mistreatment of nondevotees.
Rogues and dacoits who misbehave toward a devotee are punished at last
by the arrangement of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TEXTS 1-2

ATR TAT
AY BAP KATAU ATS VACA TT AUNT TACATT-

Beervafa ferent Aen aaa AeA HAMAS ATM OTAeT-
agm aq aiaal sam waatigd 9 adtaat aralany
NQU Wrage waanmad asnfivat acaggea-
TM ao ford wae: | 2 I

Sri-suka uvaca
atha kasyacid dvija-varasydngirah-pravarasya sama-dama-tapah-
svadhyayadhyayana-tydga-santosa-titiksd-prasraya-vidydnastiyatma-
Jianananda-yuktasyatma-sadysa-sruta-silacdra-ripaudarya-gund nava
sodarya angajé babhitvur mithunam ca yaviyasyam bharyayam. yas tu
tatra pumams tam parama-bhaégavatam rajarsi-pravaram bharatam
utsrsta-mrga-sariram carama-sarirena vipratvam gatam ahuh.

sri-Sukah uvaca—Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak; atha—
thereafter; kasyacit—of some; dvija-varasya —brahmana; aigirah-pra-
varasya—who came in the dynasty of the great saint Angira; sama—
control of the mind; dama—control of the senses; tapah—practice of
austerities and penances; svadhydya—recitation of the Vedic literatures;
adhyayana—studying; tydga—renunciation; santosa—satisfaction;
titiksa—tolerance; prasraya—very gentle; vidya—knowledge;
anasiiya—without envy; dGtma-jidna-dnanda—satisfied in self-
realization; ywktasya—who was qualified with; atma-sadrsa—and ex-
actly like himself; sruta—in education; sila—in character; dcdra—in
behavior; ripa—in beauty; audaérya—in magnanimity; gunadh—
