46 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 7
kavyam aGradhya bhaktitah
ddadiran nilayanam
mamépi bhrgu-devatah

maghavan—O Indra; dvisatah—your enemies; pasya—just see;
praksindn—being very weak (formerly); guru-atikramat—because of
disrespecting their guru, Sukracdrya; samprati—at the present moment;
upacitan—powerful; bhityah—again; kavyam—their spiritual master,
Sukracarya; aradhya—worshiping; bhaktitah—with great devotion;
ddadiran—may take away; nilayanam—the abode, Satyaloka; mama—
my: api—even; bhrgu-devatah—who are now strong devotees of
Sukracarya, the disciple of Bhrgu.

TRANSLATION

O Indra, your enemies, the demons, were extremely weak be-
cause of their disrespect toward Sukracarya, but since they have
now worshiped Sukracarya with great devotion, they have again
become powerful. By their devotion to Sukracarya, they have in-
creased their strength so much that now they are even able to
easily seize my abode from me.

PURPORT

Lord Brahma wanted to point out to the demigods that by the strength
of the guru one can become most powerful within this world, and by the
displeasure of the guru one can lose everything. This is confirmed by the
song of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura:

yasya prasddéd bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasddan na gatih kuto ‘pi

““By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of
Krsna. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any
advancement.” Although the demons are insignificant in comparison to
Lord Brahma, because of the strength of their guru they were so power-
ful that they could even seize Brahmaloka from Lord Brahma. We
therefore pray to the spiritual master:
