Text 40] The Churning of the Milk Ocean 317

mithah kalir abhit tesam
tad-arthe tarsa-cetasam

aham pirvam aham pirvam
na tvam na tvam iti prabho

mithah—among themselves; kalih—disagreement and quarrel;
abhit—there was; tesam—of all of them; tat-arthe—for the sake of
nectar; tarsa-cetasam—bewildered in heart and soul by the illusory en-
ergy of Visnu; aham—I; pirvam—first; aham—I; pirvam—first;
na—not; tvam—you; na—not; tvam—you; iti—thus; prabho—O King.

TRANSLATION

O King, a quarrel then arose among the demons over who would
get the nectar first. Each of them said, ‘‘You cannot drink it first. I
must drink it first. Me first, not you!”

PURPORT

This is the symptom of demons. The first concern of a nondevotee is
how to enjoy his personal sense gratification at once, whereas the devo-
tee’s first concern is to satisfy the Lord. This is the distinction between
the nondevotee and the devotee. In this material world, since most people
are nondevotees, they regularly compete, fight, disagree and war among
themselves, for everyone wants to enjoy and satisfy his own senses.
Therefore, unless such demons become Krsna conscious and are trained
to satisfy the senses of the Lord, there can be no question of peace in
human society or any society, even that of the demigods. The demigods
and devotees, however, always surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord,
and thus the Lord is always anxious to satisfy their ambitions. While the
demons fight to satisfy their own senses, devotees engage in devotional
service to satisfy the senses of the Lord. The members of the Krsna con-
sciousness movement must be alert in regard to this point, and then their
preaching of the Krsna consciousness movement will be successful.

TEXTS 39-40

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