190 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 6

sanandana-ddyaih—the four Kumaras headed by Sanandana; mahda-sid-
dhaih—liberated souls; santaih—saintly; samsanta-vigraham—the grave and
saintly Lord Siva; upasyamanam—was being praised; sakhya—by Kuvera;
ca—and; bhartra—by the master; guhyaka-raksasam—of the Guhyakas and
the Raksasas.

TRANSLATION

Lord Siva sat there, surrounded by saintly persons like Kuvera, the
master of the Guhyakas, and the four Kumaras, who were already
liberated souls. Lord Siva was grave and saintly.

PURPORT

The personalities who were sitting with Lord Siva are significant because
the four Kumaras were liberated from birth. It may be remembered that
after their birth these Kumaras were requested by their father to get
married and beget children in order to increase the population of the
newly created universe. But they refused, and at that time, Lord Brahma
was angry. In that angry mood, Rudra, or Lord Siva, was born. Thus they
were intimately related. Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods, is fabulous-
ly rich. Thus Lord Siva’s association with the Kumaras and Kuvera indi-
cates that he has all transcendental and material opulences. Actually, he is
the qualitative incarnation of the Supreme Lord; therefore his position is
very exalted.

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vid ya-tapo-yoga-patham
asthitam tam adhisvaram
carantam visva-suhrdam
vatsalyal loka-mangalam

vidya—-knowledge; tapah—austerity; yoga-patham—the path of devotional
service; asthitam—situated; tam—him (Lord Siva); adhisvaram—the master
of the senses; carantam—performing (austerity, etc.); visva-suhrdam— the
friend of the whole world; vatsalyat—out of full affection; loka-mangalam
—auspicious for everyone.

TRANSLATION

The demigods saw Lord Siva situated in his perfection as the master of

the senses, knowledge, fruitive activities and the path of achieving perfec-
