SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 24] Hirm;tyaka8ipu Terrorizes the Universe 189TRANSLATION"Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto that directionwhere the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated, wherethose purified souls in the renounced order of life, the greatsaintly persons, go, and from which, having gone, they neverreturn." Without sleep, fully controlling their minds, and livingon only their breath, the predominating deities of the variousplanets began worshiping ike8a with this meditation.PURPORTThe two words tasyai !hayai are very significant. Everywhere, inevery direction, in every heart and in every atom, the Supreme Personalityof Godhead is situated in His features as Brahman andParamatmli.. Then what is the purpose of saying tasyai !}uiyai-"inthat direction where Hari is situated"? During HiraiJ.yakasipu's time, hisinfluence was everywhere, but he could not force his influence into theplaces where the Supreme Personality of Godhead had His pastimes. Forexample, on this earth there are such places as V:rndavana and Ayodhya,which are called dhamas. In the dhama, there is no influence from Kaliyugaor any demon. If one takes shelter of such a dhama, worship of theLord becomes very easy, and resultant spiritual advancement quicklytakes place. In fact, in India one may still go to V:rndavana and similarplaces to achieve the results of spiritual activities quickly.TEXT 24tti¥41PI'{GJUft : Iij'Cit:> : 11\lllteiim iivirabhud miarilpii megha-nib,svaniisanniidayanti kakubha/:1.siidhilniim abhayarikariteiim-in front of all of them; avirabhut-appeared; roi-a voice;arilpii-without a form; megha-nib,svanii-resounding like the sound of