Text 60] Prahlada, the Best Among Exalted Devotees 1]
yoginam api sarvesam
mad-gatenantardtmana
Sraddhavan bhajate yo mam
sa me yuktatamo matah
“Of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping
Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in
yoga and is the highest of all.” The actual purpose of mystic yoga is to
concentrate one’s attention fully on the Personality of Godhead, Krsna,
and always think of Him (mad-gatenéntarétmana). To attain such per-
fection, one must undergo a certain process— hatha-yoga—and through
this yoga system the practitioner achieves some uncommon mystic
power. The asuras, however, instead of becoming devotees of Krsna,
utilize this mystic power for their personal sense gratification. Maya
Danava, for example, is mentioned here as mahd-yogi, a great mystic,
but his business was to help the asuras. Nowadays we are actually seeing
that there are some yogis who cater to the senses of materialists, and
there are imposters who advertise themselves as God. Maya Danava was
such a person, a god among the demons, and he could perform some
wonderful feats, one of which is described here: he made a well filled
with nectar and dipped the asuras into that nectarean well. This nectar
was known as mrta-sanjivayitari, for it could bring a dead body to life.
Mrta-sanjivayitari is also an Ayur-vedic preparation. It is a kind of li-
quor that invigorates even a person on the verge of death.
TEXT 60
Rare TART AEA: |
TANI Fa A TRA: UGoll
siddhamrta-rasa-sprsta
vajra-sara. mahaujasah
uttasthur megha-dalana
vaidyuta iva vahnayah
siddha-amrta-rasa-sprstah—the demons, thus being touched by the
powerful mystic nectarean liquid; vajra-sérah—their bodies becoming
invincible to thunderbolts; mahd-ojasah—being extremely strong;
