66 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10
regain Your wife, Sitadevi. O great hero, although my water pre-
sents no impediment to Your going to Lanka, please construct a
bridge over it to spread Your transcendental fame. Upon seeing
this wonderfully uncommon deed of Your Lordship, all the great
heroes and kings in the future will glorify You.

PURPORT

It is said that a son and urine emanate from the same source—the
genitals. When a son is a devotee or a great learned person, the seminal
discharge for begetting a son is successful, but if the son is unqualified
and brings no glory to his family, he is no better than urine. Here Ravana
is compared to urine because he was a cause of disturbances to the
three worlds. Thus the ocean personified wanted him killed by Lord
Ramacandra.

One feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Ramacandra
is omnipotence. The Lord can act without regard to material impedi-
ments or inconveniences, but to prove that He is the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead and was not merely advertised as Godhead or elected
by popular vote, He constructed a wonderful bridge over the ocean.
Nowadays it has become fashionable to create some artificial God who
performs no uncommon activities; a little magic will bewilder a foolish
person into selecting an artificial God because he does not understand
how powerful God is. Lord Ramacandra, however, constructed a bridge
over the water with stone by making the stone float. This is proof of
God’s uncommonly wonderful power. Why should someone be accepted
as God without displaying extraordinary potency by doing something
never to be done by any common man? We accept Lord Ramacandra as
the Supreme Personality of Godhead because He constructed this bridge,
and we accept Lord Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead be-
cause He lifted Govardhana Hill when He was only seven years old. We
should not accept any rascal as God or an incarnation of God, for God dis-
plays special features in His various activities. Therefore, the Lord Him-
self says in Bhagavad-gita (4.9):

Janma karma ca me divyam
evar yo vetti tattvatah
