Text 42] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 133
Bhagavata-dharma is called sarvotkrsta, the best of all religious
systems, because those who follow bhagavata-dharma are not envious of
anyone. Pure bhagavatas, pure devotees, invite everyone, without envy,
to join the Krsna consciousness movement. A devotee is therefore exactly
like the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Suhrdam sarva-bhiitanam: he
fis the friend of all living entities. Therefore this is the best of all
religious systems. Whereas so-called religions are meant for a particular
type of person who believes in a particular way, such discrimination has
no place in Krsna consciousness, or bhagavata-dharma. If we scrutinize
the religious systems meant for worship of demigods or anyone else but
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we will find that they are full of
envy and therefore impure.
TEXT 42
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fear ard: aTzer sor |
qearttem FP TaN: eR
kah ksemo nija-parayoh
kiyan varthah sva-para-druha dharmena
sva-drohat tava kopah
para-sampidaya ca tathadharmah
kah—what; ksemah—benefit; nija—to oneself; parayoh—and to
others; kiyan—how much; vd—or; arthah—purpose; sva-para-
druha—which is envious of the performer and of others; dharmena—
with the religious system; sva-drohat—from being envious of one’s own
self; tava—of You; kopah—anger; para-sampidaya—by giving pain to
others; ca—also; tatha—as well as; adharmah—irreligion.
TRANSLATION
How can a religious system that produces envy of one’s self and
of others be beneficial for oneself and for them? What is
auspicious about following such a system? What is actually to be
