Text 48] The Demigods Appeal to the Lord 197

navamah karma-kalpo ’pi
viphalayesvararpitah
kalpate purusasyaiva
sa hy atma dayito hitah

na—not; avamah—very little, or insignificant; karma—activities;
kalpah—rightly executed; api—even; viphalaéya—go in vain; iSvara-
arpitah—because of being dedicated to the Supreme Personality of God-
head; kalpate—it is so accepted; purusasya—of all persons; eva—in-
deed; sah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; hi—certainly; adtma—
the Supersoul, the supreme father; dayitah—extremely dear; hitah—
beneficial.

TRANSLATION

Activities dedicated to the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
even if performed in small measure, never go in vain. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead, being the supreme father, is
naturally very dear and always ready to act for the good of the liv-
ing entities.

PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (2.40), the Lord says svalpam apy asya dharmasya

trayate mahato bhayat: this dharma, devotional service, is so important
that even if performed to a very small, almost negligible extent, it can
give one the supreme result. There are many instances in the history of
the world in which even a slight service rendered to the Lord has saved a
living entity from the greatest danger. Ajamila, for example, was saved
by the Supreme Personality of Godhead from the greatest danger, that of
going to hell. He was saved simply because he chanted the name
Narayana at the end of his life. When Ajamila chanted this holy name of
the Lord, Narayana, he did not chant knowingly; actually he was calling
his youngest son, whose name was Narayana. Nonetheless, Lord
Narayana took this chanting seriously, and thus Ajamila achieved the
result of ante nardyana-smrtih, remembering Narayana at the end of
life. If one somehow or other remembers the holy name of Narayana,
Krsna or Rama at the end of life, he immediately achieves the transcen-
dental result of going back home, back to Godhead.
