Text 46] Lord Brahma Satisfies Lord Siva 201

Although when Ajamila uttered this vibration he intended to call his son
Narayana, Lord Narayana took it seriously and immediately gave him
promotion to Vaikuntha-loka, despite his background, which was full of
sinful activities. Similarly King Daksa was always engaged in the pious
activities of performing sacrifices, yet simply because of creating a little
misunderstanding with Lord Siva, he was severely taken to task. The con-
clusion is, therefore, that the supreme will is the ultimate judgment; no
one can argue upon this. A pure devotee therefore submits in all circum-
stances to the supreme will of the Lord, accepting it as all-auspicious.

tat te ‘nukampam susamiksamano
bhufijana evatma-krtam vipakam
hrd-vag-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
jiveta yo mukti-pade sa daya-bhak
(Bhag. 10.14.8)

The purport of this verse is that when a devotee is in a calamitous con-
dition he takes it as a benediction of the Supreme Lord and takes respon-
sibility for himself for his past misdeeds. In such a condition, he offers still
more devotional services and is not disturbed. One who lives in such a
disposition of mind, engaged in devotional service, is the most eligible
candidate for promotion to the spiritual world. In other words, such a
devotee’s claim for promotion to the spiritual world is assured in all
circumstances.

TEXT 46

a2 eat sania

ay watered al
waa | aRaeazafiqegat

gran WsHTsTa TIA Ul

na vai satam tvac-caranarpitatmanam
bhutesu sarvesv abhipasyatam tava

bhutani catmany aprthag-didrksatam
prayena roso ’bhibhaved yatha pasum

na—not; vai—but; satam—of the devotees; tvat-carana-arpita-dtmanam—
of those who are completely surrendered at your lotus feet; bhittesu—
among living entities; sarvesu—all varieties; abhipasyatam— perfectly seeing;
tava—your; bhiétdni—living entities; ca—and; dtmani—in the Supreme;
aprthak—nondifferent; didrksatam—those who see like that; prayena—
