Text 40] Indra Offends Brhaspati 61
Lord Siva, and Mahisdsura was a devotee of Goddess Durga. The
demigods are devotees of Lord Visnu (visnu-bhaktah smrto daiva).
whereas the demons (dsuras tad-viparyayah) are always against the
visnu-bhaktas, or Vaisnavas. To oppose the Vaisnavas, the demons be-
come devotees of Lord Siva, Lord Brahma, Kali, Durga, and so on. In the
days of yore, many long years ago, there was animosity between the
devas and the asuras, and the same spirit still continues, for the devotees
of Lord Siva and Goddess Durga are always envious of Vaisnavas, who
are devotees of Lord Visnu. This strain between the devotees of Lord
Siva and Lord Visnu has always existed. In the higher planetary systems,
fights between the demons and the demigods continue for a long, long
time.

Herein we see that Visvariipa made for the demigods a protective
covering, saturated with a Visnu mantra. Sometimes the Visnu mantra is
called Visnu-jvara, and the Siva mantra is called Siva-jvara. We find in
the sdastras that sometimes the Siva-jvara and Visnu-jvara are employed
in the fights between the demons and the demigods.

The word sura-dvisam, which in this verse means “‘of the enemies of
the demigods,” also refers to the atheists. Srimad-Bhdégavatam
elsewhere says that Lord Buddha appeared for the purpose of bewilder-
ing the demons or atheists. The Supreme Personality of Godhead always
awards His benediction to devotees. The Lord Himself confirms this in
Bhagavad-gita (9.31):

kaunteya pratianihi
na me bhaktah pranasyati
““O son of Kunti, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.”
TEXT 40
TT TH: AeaTat Heasgrrqfay: |
T Me a Ae ReaeEy TqTER: Neel
yaya guptah sahasrakso
Jigye ’sura-camir vibhuh
tam praha sa mahendraya
visvariipa udara-dhih
