Text 21] Lord Ramacandra Rules the World 121

na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate
na tat-samas cabhyadhikas ca drsyate

pardsya Ssaktir vividhaiva srityate
svabhaviki jidna-bala-kriya ca

“The Supreme Lord has nothing to do, and no one is found to be equal to
or greater than Him, for everything is done naturally and systematically
by His multifarious energies.” The Lord has nothing to do (na tasya
karyam karanam ca vidyate); whatever He does is His pastime. The
Lord has no duty to perform to oblige anyone. Nonetheless, He appears to
act to protect His devotees or kill His enemies. Of course, no one can be
the Lord’s enemy, since who could be more powerful than the Lord?
There is actually no question of anyone’s being His enemy, but when the
Lord wants to take pleasure in pastimes, He comes down to this material
world and acts like a human being, thus showing His wonderful, glorious
activities to please the devotees. His devotees always want to see the Lord
victorious in varied activities, and therefore, to please Himself and them,
the Lord sometimes agrees to act as a human being and perform wonder-
ful, uncommon pastimes for the satisfaction of the devotees.

TEXT 21

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yasyamalam nrpa-sadahsu yaso ‘dhunapi

gayanty agha-ghnam rsayo dig-ibhendra-pattam
tam nakapdla-vasupdla-kirita-justa-

paddmbujam raghupatim saranam prapadye

yasya—whose (Lord Ramacandra’s); amalam—spotless, free from
material qualities; nrpa-sadahsu—in the assembly of great emperors
like Maharaja Yudhisthira; yasah—famous glories; adhund api—even
