Text 48] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 149

way to offer prayers. If one continues to offer such personal prayers to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is eligible to become a pure
devotee and return home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 48

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AarIMIaeaAM APS TARA CII

kim durdépam mayi prite
tathdpi vibudharsabhah

mayy ekdnta-matir nanyan
matto vafichati tattva-vit

kim—what; durdpam—difficult to obtain; mayi—when I; prite—
satishied; tathapi—still; vibudha-rsabhah—O best of the intelligent
demigods; mayi—in Me; ekdnta—exclusively fixed; matih—whose at-
tention: na anyat—not anything other; mattah—than Me; varchati—
desires; tattva-vit—one who knows the truth.

TRANSLATION

O best of the intelligent demigods, although it is true that
nothing is difficult for one to obtain when I am pleased with him, a
pure devotee, whose mind is exclusively fixed upon Me, does not
ask Me for anything but the opportunity to engage in devotional
service.

PURPORT

When the demigods finished offering their prayers, they anxiously
waited for their enemy Vrtrasura to be killed. This means that the
demigods are not pure devotees. Although without difficulty one can get
anything he desires if the Lord is pleased, the demigods aspire for ma-
terial profit by pleasing the Lord. The Lord wanted the demigods to pray
for unalloyed devotional service, but instead they prayed for an oppor-
tunity to kill their enemy. This is the difference between a pure devotee
and a devotee on the material platform. Indirectly, the Lord regretted
that the demigods did not ask for pure devotional service.
