194 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 4
Sri-narada uvdca
ity ukta loka-guruna
tam pranamya divaukasah
nyavartanta gatodvega
menire cdsuram hatam
Sri-ndradah uvaca—the great saint Narada Muni said; iti—thus;
uktah—addressed; loka-gurunéd—by the supreme spiritual master of
everyone; tam—unto Him; pranamya—offering obeisances;
divaukasah—all the demigods; nyavartanta—returned;  gata-
udvegah —relieved of all anxieties; menire—they considered; ca—also;
asuram—the demon (Hiranyakaéipu) ; hatam—killed.
TRANSLATION
The great saint Narada Muni continued: When the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of everyone, thus
reassured all the demigods living in the heavenly planets, they
offered their respectful obeisances unto Him and returned, confi-
dent that the demon Hiranyakasipu was now practically dead.
PURPORT
The less intelligent men who are always busy worshiping the demigods
should note that when the demigods are harassed by the demons, they
approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief. Since the
demigods resort to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, why should the
worshipers of the demigods not approach the Supreme Lord for whatever
benefits they desire? Srimad-Bhagavatam (2.3.10) says:
akamah sarva-kémo va
moksa-kama udara-dhih
tivrena bhakti-yogena
yajeta purusam param
“Whether one desires everything or nothing, or whether he desires to
merge into the existence of the Lord, he is intelligent only if he worships
Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by rendering tran-
