Text 25] Durvasa Muni’s Life Spared 169
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freer: aaate Aft
maar irae RII
evar vidhaneka-gunah sa raja
paratmani brahmani vasudeve
kriya-kalapaih samuvaha bhaktim
yayavirificyan nirayams cakara
evam—in this way; vidhd-aneka-gunah—endowed with varieties of
good qualities; sah—he, Maharaja Ambarisa; raja—the King; para-
dtmani—unto the Supersoul; brahmani—unto Brahman; vdsudeve—
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, Vasudeva; kriyda-
kalapaih—by practical activities; samuvaha—executed; bhaktim—de-
votional service; yaya—by such activities; dvirificyan—beginning from
the topmost planet; nirayan—down to the hellish planets; cakdra—he
experienced that there is danger everywhere.
TRANSLATION
In this way, because of devotional service, Maharaja Ambarisa,
who was endowed with varieties of transcendental qualities, was
completely aware of Brahman, Paramatma and the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead, and thus he executed devotional service per-
fectly. Because of his devotion, he thought even the topmost
planet of this material world no better than the hellish planets.
PURPORT
An exalted and pure devotee like Maharaja Ambarisa is in full aware-
ness of Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan; in other words, a devotee
of Vasudeva, Krsna, is in full knowledge of the other features of the Ab-
solute Truth. The Absolute Truth is realized in three features—Brah-
man, Paramatma and Bhagavan (brahmeti paramdtmeti bhagavan iti
Sabdyate). A devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva,
knows everything (vdsudevah sarvam iti) because Vasudeva, Krsna, in-
cludes both Paramatma and Brahman. One does not have to realize
Paramatma by the yoga system, for the devotee always thinking of
Vasudeva is the topmost yogi (yogindm api sarvesam). And as far as
