120 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 11

brahmajyoti, and therefore one cannot properly understand what those
Vaikuntha planets are unless one is a pure devotee.

TEXT 20

a TaN TATA! Garaae-

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nedam yaso raghupateh sura-ydcrayatta-
lild-tanor adhika-simya-vimukta-dhamnah

rakso-vadho jaladhi-bandhanam astra-piigaih
kim tasya Satru-hanane kapayah sahayah

na—not; idam—all these; yasah—fame; raghu-pateh—of Lord
Ramacandra; sura-ydcriaya—by the prayers of the demigods; dtta-lila-
tanoh—whose spiritual body is always engaged in various pastimes;
adhika-sdmya-vimukta-dhamnah—no one is greater than or equal to
Him; raksah-vadhah—killing the Raksasa (Ravana); jaladhi-
bandhanam—bridging the ocean; astra-piigaih—with bow and arrows;
kim—whether; tasya—His; satru-hanane—in killing the enemies;
kapayah—the monkeys; sahdyah—assistants.

TRANSLATION

Lord Ramacandra’s reputation for having killed Ravana with
showers of arrows at the request of the demigods and for having
built a bridge over the ocean does not constitute the factual glory
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Ramacandra, whose
spiritual body is always engaged in various pastimes. Lord
Ramacandra has no equal or superior, and therefore He had no
need to take help from the monkeys to gain victory over Ravana.

PURPORT
As stated in the Vedas (Svetasvatara Upanisad 6.8):
