Text 10] Gajendra’s Prayers of Surrender 83

has no material form, qualities or faults. He is spiritual and is the only
reservoir of all spiritual qualities. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.8) by
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, paritrandya sddhiinam vinasaya
ca duskrtam. The Lord’s activities of saving the devotees and annihilat-
ing the demons are transcendental. Anyone annihilated by the Supreme
Personality of Godhead gets the same result as a devotee who is protected
by the Lord; both of them are transcendentally promoted. The only dif-
ference is that a devotee goes directly to the spiritual planets and be-
comes an associate of the Supreme Lord, whereas demons are promoted
to brahmaloka, the impersonal effulgence of the Lord. Both of them,
however, are transcendentally promoted. The Lord’s killing or annihilat-
ing of the demons is not exactly like the killing of this material world.
Although He appears to act within the modes of material nature, He is
nirguna, above the modes of nature. His name is not material; otherwise
how could one get liberation by chanting Hare Krsna, Hare Rama? The
names of the Lord like Rama and Krsna are nondifferent from the person
Rama and Krsna. Thus by chanting the Hare Krsna mantra one con-
stantly associates with Rama and Krsna, the Supreme Personality of God-
head, and therefore becomes liberated. A practical example is Ajamila,
who always remained transcendental to his activities simply by chanting
the name Narayana. If this was true of Ajamila, what is to be said of the
Supreme Lord? When the Lord comes to this material world, He does not
become a product of matter. This is confirmed throughout Bhagavad-
gita (janma-karma ca me divyam, avajénanti mam midhah manusim
tanum Gsritam). Therefore, when the Supreme Personality of God-
head—Rama or Krsna—descends to act transcendentally for our benefit,
we should not consider Him an ordinary human being. When the Lord
comes, He does so on the basis of His spiritual potency (sambhavamy
dtma-mayay4). Because He is not forced to come by the material energy,
He is always transcendental. One should not consider the Supreme Lord
an ordinary human being. Material names and forms are contaminated,
but spiritual name and spiritual form are transcendental.

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