Text 39] | Narada Muni Cursed by Prajapati Daksa 309
interested in traveling to the higher planetary systems of the demigods to
enjoy a long life in an advanced materialistic civilization. As stated by
Prabodhananda Sarasvati, kaivalyam narakdyate tridasa-piir akasa-
puspayate: for a devotee, merging into the Brahman existence is hellish,
and life in the higher planetary systems of the demigods is a will-o’-the-
wisp, a phantasmagoria with no real existence at all. A pure devotee is
not interested in yogic perfection, travel to higher planetary systems, or
oneness with Brahman. He is interested only in rendering service to the
Personality of Godhead. Since Prajapati Daksa was a karmi, he could not
appreciate the great service Narada Muni had rendered his eleven
thousand sons. Instead, he accused Narada Muni of being sinful and
charged that because Narada Muni was associated with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the Lord would also be defamed. Thus Daksa
criticized that Narada Muni was an offender to the Lord although he was
known as an associate of the Lord.
TEXT 39
ag amram fact qaeTeRrAT: |
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Ml at ateaed 3 Fegraatoy 11381
nanu bhagavata nityarn
bhiitanugraha-katarah
rte tam sauhrda-ghnam vai
vairankaram avairindm

nanu—now; bhégavatah—devotees of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; nityam—eternally; bhiita-anugraha-kdtarah—very much
anxious to bestow benedictions upon the fallen conditioned souls; rte—
except; tv@m—yourself; sauhrda-ghnam—a breaker of friendship
(therefore not countable among the bhdgavatas, or devotees of the
Lord); vai—indeed; vairam-karam—you create enmity; avairinaém—
toward persons who are not enemies.

TRANSLATION

All the devotees of the Lord but you are very kind to the

conditioned souls and are eager to benefit others. Although you
