204 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 6

TEXT 48

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aq aaa Sareea AT UVC

yasmin yada puskara-nabha-mayaya
durantaya sprsta-dhiyah prthag-drsah
kurvanti tatra hy anukampaya krpam
na sddhavo daiva-balat krte kramam
yasmin—in some place; yadd—when; puskara-nadbha-mdyaya—by the
illusory energy of Puskaranabha, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
durantayd—insurmountable; sprsta-dhiyah—bewildered; prthak-drsah—the
same persons who see differently; kurvanti—do; tatra—there; hi—certainly ;
anukampayd—out of compassion; krpam—mercy; na—never; sddhavah—
saintly persons; daiva-balat—by Providence; krte—being done; kramam—
prowess.

TRANSLATION

My dear lord, if in some places materialists who are already bewildered
by the insurmountable illusory energy of the Supreme Godhead sometimes
commit offenses, a saintly person, with compassion, does not take this
seriously. Knowing that they committed the offenses because they were
overpowered by the illusory energy, he does not show his prowess to
counteract them.

PURPORT

It is said that the beauty of a tapasvi or saintly person is forgiveness.
There are many instances in the spiritual history of the world in which
many saintly persons, although unnecessarily harassed, did not take
action, although they could have done so. Parikgit Maharaja, for example,
was unnecessarily cursed by a brahmana boy, and this was very much
regretted by the boy’s father, but Pariksit Maharaja accepted the curse and
agreed to die within a weck as the brahmana boy desired. Pariksit Maharaja
was the Emperor and was full in power both spiritually and materially,
but out of compassion and out of respect for the brahmana community,
he did not counteract the action of the brahmana boy but agreed to die
within seven days. Because it was desired by Krsna that Pariksit Maharaja
agree to the punishment so that the instruction of Srimad-Bhdgavatam
