356 Srimad-Bhagavatam (Canto 4, Ch. 8
by such spiritual power his unit body became the total body of the
universe. Thus when he closed the holes of his unit body to firmly concen-
trate his mind on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all the units of the
universe—namely all the living entities, including the big demigods—felt
the pressure of suffocation, as if their breathing were being choked. There-
fore they all took shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because
they were perplexed as to what had happened.

This example of Dhruva Maharaja’s closing the holes of his personal
body and thereby closing the breathing holes of the total universe clearly
indicates that a devotee, by his personal devotional service, can influence
all the people of the whole world to become devotees of the Lord. If there
is only one pure devotee in pure Krsna consciousness, he can change the
total consciousness of the world into Krsna consciousness. This is not very
difficult to understand if we study the behavior of Dhruva Maharaja.

TEXT 81
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TWIRAATTTTA: |
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MA TH At TOT ALAZ lcll
deva iicuh
naivarit vidamo bhagavan prana-rodham
caracarasyakhila-saltva-dhamnah
vidhehi tan no vurjindd vimoksam
praptd vayam tvdm saranam Saran yarn

devah ticuh—all the demigods said; na—not; evam-thus; vidamah—we can
understand; bhagavan—O Personality of Godhead; prana-rodham—how we
feel our breathing choked; cara—moving; acarasya—not moving; akhila—
universal; sattva—existence; dhamnah—the reservoir of; vidhehi—kindly do
the needful; tat—therefore; nah—our; vrjinat—from the danger; vimoksam—
liberation; praptah—approaching; vayam—all of us; tvam—unto You;
Saranam—shelter ; Saranyam—worthy to be taken shelter of.

TRANSLATION

The demigods said: Dear Lord, You are the refuge of all moving and

nonmoving living entities. We feel all living entities to be suffocating,
