Bg10.42 Purport by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" /><o:p></o:p>
. . . In the Padma Puräëa it is said that one who considers the Supreme Lord Kåñëa in the same category with demigods—be they even Brahmä or Çiva—becomes at once an atheist.
If, however, one thoroughly studies the different descriptions of the opulences and expansions of Kåñëa’s energy, then one can understand without any doubt the position of Lord Çré Kåñëa and can fix his mind in the worship of Kåñëa without deviation.
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The Lord is all-pervading by the expansion of His partial representation, the Supersoul, who enters into everything that is. Pure devotees, therefore, concentrate their minds in Kåñëa consciousness in full devotional service; therefore they are always situated in the transcendental position.
Devotional service and worship of Kåñëa are very clearly indicated in this chapter in verses eight through eleven. . . .
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Çréla Jéva Gosvämé also quotes another common passage, which is found in three Puräëas, namely the Padma Puräëa, Skanda Puräëa and Liìga Puräëa. It runs as follows:<o:p></o:p>
äloòya sarva-çästräni<o:p></o:p>
vicärya ca punaù punaù<o:p></o:p>
idam ekaà suniñpannaà<o:p></o:p>
dhyeyo näräyaëaù sadä<o:p></o:p>
“By scrutinizingly reviewing all the revealed scriptures and judging them again and again, it is now concluded that Lord Näräyaëa is the Supreme Absolute Truth, and thus He alone should be worshiped.”<o:p></o:p>
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The same truth is also indirectly described in the Garuòa Puräëa as follows:<o:p></o:p>
päraà gato ’pi vedänäà<o:p></o:p>
sarva-çästrärtha-vedy api<o:p></o:p>
yo na sarveçvare bhaktas<o:p></o:p>
taà vidyät puruñädhamam<o:p></o:p>
“Even though one may have gone to the other side of all the Vedas, and even though one is well versed in all the revealed scriptures, if one is not a devotee of the Supreme Lord, he must be considered the lowest of mankind.” Similarly, it is also stated in Çrémad-Bhägavatam (5.18.12) indirectly as follows:<o:p></o:p>
yasyästi bhaktir bhagavaty akiïcanä<o:p></o:p>
sarvair guëais tatra samäsate suräù<o:p></o:p>
haräv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guëä<o:p></o:p>
mano-rathenäsati dhävato bahiù<o:p></o:p>
One who has unflinching devotion unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead must have all the good qualities of the demigods, and contrarily one who is not a devotee of the Lord must be hovering in the darkness of mental speculation and thus must be engaged in material impermanence. Çrémad-Bhägavatam (11.11.18) says:<o:p></o:p>
çabda-brahmaëi niñëäto<o:p></o:p>
na niñëäyät pare yadi<o:p></o:p>
çramas tasya çrama-phalo<o:p></o:p>
hy adhenum iva rakñataù<o:p></o:p>
“One may be well versed in all the transcendental literature of the Vedas, but if he fails to be acquainted with the Supreme, then it must be concluded that all of his education is like the burden of a beast or like one’s keeping a cow without milking capacity.”
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Similarly, the liberty of discharging loving transcendental service to the Lord is invested in everyone, even the women, the çüdras, the forest tribes, or any other living beings born in sinful conditions.<o:p></o:p>
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