Text 35] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 245

vibhutaye yata upasedur isvarim
na manyate svayam anuvartatim bhavan

rsayah—the sages; dcuh—prayed; ananvitam—wonderful; te—Your;
bhagavan—O possessor of all opulences; vicestitam—activities; yat— which;
dtmand—by Your potencies; carasi— You execute; hi—certainly; karma—
to such activities; na ajyase—You are not attached; vibhitaye—for her
mercy; yatah—from whom; upaseduh—worshiped; isvarim—Lakgmi, the
goddess of fortune; na manyate—are not attached; suayam— Y ourself; anu-
vartatim—to Your obedient servant (Lakgmi); bhavan—Y our Lordship.

TRANSLATION

The sages prayed: Dear Lord, Your activities are most wonderful, and
although You do everything by Your different potencies, You are not at
all attached to such activities. You are not even attached to the goddess of
fortune, who is worshiped by the great demigods like Brahma, who pray
to achieve her mercy.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita it is said that the Lord has no desire to achieve any
result from His wonderful activities, nor has He any need to perform
them. But still, in order to give an example to people in general, He
sometimes acts, and those activities are very wonderful. He is not attached
to anything. Na mam karmani limpanti: Although He acts very wonder-
fully, He is not at all attached to anything (Bg. 4.14). He is self-sufficient.
The example is given here that the goddess of fortune, Lakgmi, is always
engaged in the service of the Lord, but still He is not attached to her.
Even great demigods like Brahma worship the goddess of fortune in order
to win her favor. And though the Lord is worshiped by many hundreds and
thousands of goddesses of fortune, still He is not at all attached to any one
of them. This distinction concerning the exalted transcendental position
of the Lord is specifically mentioned by the great sages: He is not like the
ordinary living entity, who is attached to the result of pious activities.

TEXT 35
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