SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

26 Srbnad-Bhigavabun (Canto 7, Ch.lSupreme Brahman, the supreme abode and purifier." Herein this is confirmed.Vi$r:turil yad brahma param avyayam. The Supreme ViQU isQa. Qa is the cause of ViQU, not vice versa. Similarly, Brahman isnot the cause of Qa; Qa is the cause of Brahman. Therefore Qais the Parabrahman (yad brahma param avyayam).TEXT 20il ¥tICIM ImR 'INQ(("I II o IIkatharit tasmin bhagavati. duravagrahya-dhiimanipa.Syatiirit saroa-lokiinaritlayam iyatur anjasakatham-how; tasmin-that; bhagavati-in the Supreme Personalityof Godhead; duravagrahya-difficult to attain; dhiimani-whosenature; pa.Syatiim-looked on; saroa-lokiinam-while all the people;layam iyatu-became absorbed; anjasd-easily.TRANSLATIONHow was it possible for Sisupila and Dantavakra, in the presenceof many exalted persons, to enter very easily into the body ofI_la, whose nature is difficult to attain?PURPORTSisupala and Dantavakra were formerly Jaya and Vijaya, thedoorkeepers of VaikuQtha. Merging into the body of Qa was not theirfinal destination. For some time they remained merged, and later theyreceived the liberations of sanlpya and salokya, living on the sameplanet as the Lord in the same bodily form. The sastras give evidencethat if one blasphemes the Supreme Lord, his punishment is to remain inhellish life for many millions of years more than one suffers by killingmany brahmar:tas. Sisupala, however, instead of entering hellish life, immediatelyand very easily received sayujya-mukti. That such a privilegehad been offered to Sisupala was not merely a story. Everyone saw it hap-