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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.18.22-23
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 22-23
- brahmovāca
- eṣa te deva devānām
- aṅghri-mūlam upeyuṣām
- viprāṇāṁ saurabheyīṇāṁ
- bhūtānām apy anāgasām
- āgas-kṛd bhaya-kṛd duṣkṛd
- asmad-rāddha-varo 'suraḥ
- anveṣann apratiratho
- lokān aṭati kaṇṭakaḥ
brahmāLord Brahmā said uvācaLord Brahmā said — Lord Brahmā said; eṣaḥthis demon — this demon; teYour — Your; devaO Lord — O Lord; devānāmto the demigods — to the demigods; aṅghriYour feet-mūlamYour feet — Your feet; upeyuṣāmto those having obtained — to those having obtained; viprāṇāmto the brāhmaṇas — to the brāhmaṇas; saurabheyīṇāmto the cows — to the cows; bhūtānāmto ordinary living entities — to ordinary living entities; apialso — also; anāgasāminnocent — innocent; āgaḥan offender-kṛtan offender — an offender; bhayaa source of fear-kṛta source of fear — a source of fear; duṣkṛtwrongdoer — wrongdoer; asmatfrom me — from me; rāddhahaving attained a boon-varaḥhaving attained a boon — having attained a boon; asuraḥa demon — a demon; anveṣansearching — searching; apratirathaḥhaving no proper combatant — having no proper combatant; lokānall over the universe — all over the universe; aṭatihe wanders — he wanders; kaṇṭakaḥbeing a pinprick for everyone — being a pinprick for everyone.
Lord Brahmā said: My dear Lord, this demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to the demigods, the brāhmaṇas, the cows and innocent persons who are spotless and always dependent upon worshiping Your lotus feet. He has become a source of fear by unnecessarily harassing them. Since he has attained a boon from me, he has become a demon, always searching for a proper combatant, wandering all over the universe for this infamous purpose.
There are two classes of living entities; one is called sura, or the demigods, and the other is called asura, or the demons. Demons are generally fond of worshiping the demigods, and there are evidences that by such worship they get extensive power for their sense gratification. This later proves to be a cause of trouble to the brāhmaṇas, demigods and other innocent living entities. Demons habitually find fault with the demigods, brāhmaṇas and innocent, to whom they are a constant source of fear. The way of the demon is to take power from the demigods and then tease the demigods themselves. There is an instance of a great devotee of Lord Śiva who obtained a boon from Lord Śiva that the head of whomever he touched with his hand would come off its trunk. As soon as the boon was offered to him, the demon wanted to touch the very head of Lord Śiva. That is their way. The devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not, however, ask any favor for sense gratification. Even if they are offered liberation, they refuse it. They are happy simply engaging in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.