Text 24] Lord Ramacandra Rules the World 125

body, and therefore he is completely on the transcendental platform. A
devotee is never envious of anyone, even his enemy. Because the devotee
knows that the Lord is his supreme protector, he thinks, “What harm
can the so-called enemy do?” Thus a devotee is confident about his pro-
tection. The Lord says, ye yatha mam prapadyante tams tathaiva
bhajamy aham: “According to the proportion of one’s surrender unto
Me, I respond accordingly.” A devotee must therefore be completely free
from envy, especially of other devotees. To envy other devotees is a great
offense, a vaisnava-aparddha. A devotee who constantly engages in
hearing and chanting (Sravana-kirtana) is certainly freed from the dis-
ease of envy, and thus he becomes eligible to go back home, back to
Godhead.

TEXT 24

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we TWAT TAT AT TATA: |
afery at aseqaded Ta: TTT SAT RWI

Sri-rdjovdca
katham sa bhagavén ramo
bhratfn va svayam atmanah
tasmin vd te ‘nvavartanta
prajah paurds ca isvare

Sri-raja uvéca—Mahiraja Pariksit inquired; katham—how; sah—He,
the Lord; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ramah—
Lord Ramacandra; bhrét?n—unto the brothers (Laksmana, Bharata and
Satrughna); vi—either; suayam—personally; dtmanah—expansions of
His person; tasmin—unto the Lord; vi—either; te—they (all the in-
habitants and the brothers); anvavartanta—behaved; prajah—all the
inhabitants; paurdh—the citizens; ca—and; iSvare—unto the Supreme

Lord.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: How did
the Lord conduct Himself, and how did He behave in relationship
