126 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16
animals in the human form of life. Because of their animalistic
propensities, they fail to worship Your Lordship, and instead they
worship the insignificant demigods, who are but small sparks of
Your glory. With the destruction of the entire universe, including
the demigods, the benedictions received from the demigods also
vanish, just like the nobility when a king is no longer in power.
PURPORT

Bhagavad-gita (7.20) says, kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante
‘nya-devatah: “‘Those whose minds are distorted by material desires sur-
render unto the demigods.” Similarly, this verse condemns worship of
the demigods. We may show our respect to the demigods, but the
demigods are not worshipable. The intelligence of those who worship the
demigods is lost (hrta-jfanah) because these worshipers do not know
that when the entire material cosmic manifestation is annihilated, the
demigods, who are the departmental heads of that manifestation, will be
vanquished. When the demigods are vanquished, the benedictions given
by the demigods to unintelligent men will also be vanquished. Therefore
a devotee should not hanker to obtain material opulence by worshiping
the demigods, but should engage in the service of the Lord, who will
satisfy all his desires. :

akamah sarva-kamo va
moksa-kama udéra-dhih
tivrena bhakti-yogena
yajeta purusam param

‘**Whether full of all material desires, free from material desires or desir-
ing liberation, a person who has broader intelligence must by all means
worship the supreme whole, the Personality of Godhead.”
(Bhag. 2.3.10) This is the duty of a perfect human being. One who has
the shape of a human being but whose actions are nothing but those of an
animal is called nara-pasu or dvipada-pasu, a two-legged animal. A
human being who is not interested in Krsna consciousness is condemned
herewith as a nara-pasu.
