26 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 1

Supreme Brahman, the supreme abode and purifier.” Herein this is con-
firmed. Visnum yad brahma param avyayam. The Supreme Visnu is
Krsna. Krsna is the cause of Visnu, not vice versa. Similarly, Brahman is
not the cause of Krsna; Krsna is the cause of Brahman. Therefore Krsna
is the Parabrahman (yad brahma param avyayam).

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ay afaq anafa gare |
Gea aataat STATA |Roll

katham tasmin bhagavati
duravagrahya-dhamani

pasyatam sarva-lokdnam
layam iyatur anjasa

katham—how; tasmin—that; bhagavati—in the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; duravagrahya—difficult to attain; dhdmani—whose
nature; pasyatam—looked on; sarva-lokandm—while all the people;
layam iyatuh—became absorbed; aijasd—easily.

TRANSLATION

How was it possible for Sigupala and Dantavakra, in the presence
of many exalted persons, to enter very easily into the body of
Krsna, whose nature is difficult to attain?

PURPORT

Sisupala and Dantavakra were formerly Jaya and Vijaya, the
doorkeepers of Vaikuntha. Merging into the body of Krsna was not their
final destination. For some time they remained merged, and later they
received the liberations of sdripya and sdlokya, living on the same
planet as the Lord in the same bodily form. The Sdstras give evidence
that if one blasphemes the Supreme Lord, his punishment is to remain in
hellish life for many millions of years more than one suffers by killing
many brahmanas. Sigupala, however, instead of entering hellish life, im-
mediately and very easily received sdyujya-mukti. That such a privilege
had been offered to Sigupala was not merely a story. Everyone saw it hap-
