Text 15] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 221

ye bhajanti tu mam bhaktya
mayi te tesu capy aham

Although the Supreme Personality of Godhead is equal toward everyone,
He is especially inclined toward those who engage in His devotional ser-
vice. The Lord says, kaunteya pratijanihi na me bhaktah pranasyati:
“‘My dear son of Kunti, please declare that My devotee will never be van-
quished.” Elsewhere, Krsna also says:

ye yatha mam prapadyante
tams tathaiva bhajamy aham

mama vartmanuvartante
manusyah partha sarvasah

(Bg. 4.11)

Actually, everyone is trying to please the Supreme Personality of God-
head in various ways, but according to their methods of approach, the
Supreme Lord endows them with different benedictions. Thus Aditi ap-
pealed to her husband by saying that since even the supreme controller
favors His devotees and since Indra, Kasyapa’s devoted son, was in dif-
ficulty, Kasyapa should bestow his favor upon Indra.

TEXT 15

TAY AHN F afaeqa wad |
carat eaerarated: TA a: TAT HII

tasmad isa bhajantya me
Sreyas cintaya suvrata

hrta-Sriyo hrta-sthanan
sapatnath pahi nah prabho

tasmat—therefore; isa—O powerful controller; bhajantyah—of your
servitor; me—me; Sreyah—auspiciousness; cintaya—just consider; su-
vrata—O most gentle one; Arta-sriyah—bereft of all opulence; hArta-
sthanan—bereft of a residence; sapatnaih—by the competitors; pahi—
please protect; nah—us; prabho—O my lord.
