Text 64] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni 137

PURPORT

All the great stalwart personalities in the universe, including Lord
Brahma and Lord Siva, are fully under the control of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead is fully
under the control of His devotee. Why is this? Because the devotee is
anyabhilasita-sinya; in other words, he has no material desires in his
heart. His only desire is to think always of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead and how to serve Him best. Because of this transcendental
qualification, the Supreme Lord is extremely favorable to the devotees—
indeed, not only the devotees, but also the devotees of the devotees. Srila
Narottama dasa Thakura says, chddiyd vaisnava-sevd nistara pdyeche
keba: without being a devotee of a devotee, one cannot be released from
material entanglement. Therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu identified Him-
self as gopi-bhartuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasdnudésah. Thus he in-
structed us to become not directly servants of Krsna but servants of the
servant of Krsna. Devotees like Brahma, Narada, Vyasadeva and
Sukadeva Gosvami are directly servants of Krsna, and one who becomes
a servant of Narada, Vyasadeva and Sukadeva, like the six Gosvamis, is
still more devoted. Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura therefore says,
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasddah: if one very sincerely serves the
spiritual master, Krsna certainly becomes favorable to such a devotee.
Following the instructions of a devotee is more valuable than following
the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly.

TEXT 64

AAT ATS ATTEMA TAT |
Prd areateaat Aad Ant TATE FT NVI
naham dtmdnam dsdse
mad-bhaktaih sadhubhir vind
Sriyam catyantikim brahman
yesam gatir aham para

na—not; aham—I; dtménam—transcendental bliss; asase—desire;
mat-bhaktaih—with My devotees; sddhubhih—with the saintly

persons; vind—without them; sriyam—all My six opulences; ca—also;
