100 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 3
papacyamanena hrdaturendriyah
samrddhibhih purusa-buddhi-saksinam
akalpa esam adhirodhum afijasa
param padam dvesti yathasura harim

papacyamanena—burning; hrda—with a heart; dtura-indriyah—who is
distressed; samrddhibhih—by the pious reputation, etc.; pirusa-buddhi-
saksinam—of those who are always absorbed in thought of the Supreme
Lord; akalpah—being unable; esam—of those persons; adhirodhum—to rise
up; afijasd—quickly; param—merely; padam—to the standard; dvesti—
envy; yatha—as much as; asurah—the demons; harim—the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

One who is conducted by false ego and is thus always distressed, both
mentally and sensually, cannot tolerate the opulence of self-realized
persons, and, being unable to rise to the standard of self-realization, he
envies such persons as much as demons envy the Supreme Personality of
Godhead.

PURPORT

The real reason for the enmity between Lord Siva and Daksa is ex-
plained here. Dakga was envious of Lord Siva because of his high position as
an incarnation of a quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and
because he was directly in contact with the Supersoul and was therefore
honored and given a better sitting place than him. There were many other
reasons also. Daksa, being materially puffed up, could not tolerate the
high position of Lord Siva, so his anger at Lord Siva’s not standing up
in his presence was only the final manifestation of his envy. Lord Siva is
always in meditation and always perceives the Supersoul, as expressed here
by the words piirusa-buddhi-saksinam. The position of one whose intel-
ligence is always absorbed in meditation upon the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is very great and cannot be imitated by anyone, especially an
ordinary person. When Dakga entered the arena of yajfia, Lord Siva was in
meditation and might not have seen Dakga enter, but Daksa took the
opportunity to curse him because he had maintained an envious attitude
towards Lord Siva for a long time. Those who are actually self-realized see
every individual body as a temple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
because the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His Paramatma feature,
is residing in everyone’s body.

When one offers respect to the body, itis not to the material body but
to the presence of the Supreme Lord. Thus one who is always in medita-
