SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 26] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 33when the soul becomes completely pure, the Lord takes him back toGodhead.TEXT 26411l(l'l--ir.l f en 1tlllrWi C09;S::WI( -IItasmad vairanubandhenanirvairel)a bhayena vdsnehdt kdmena va yunjyatkathancin nete prthaktasmdt-therefore; vaira-anubandhena-by constant enmity; nirvairel)a-bydevotion; bhayena-by fear; vd-or; snehat-from affection;kdna-by lusty desires; m-or; yunjyat-one should concentrate;kathancit-somehow or other; na-not; ilate-sees; prthaksomethingelse.TRANSLATIONTherefore by enmity or by devotional service, by fear, by affectionor by lusty desire-by all of these or any one of them-if aconditioned soul somehow or other concentrates his mind uponthe Lord, the result is the same, for the Lord, because of Hisblissful position, is never affected by enmity or friendship.PURPORTFrom this verse one should not conclude that because Qa isunaffected by favorable prayers or unfavorable blasphemy one shouldtherefore blaspheme the Supreme Lord. This is not the regulative principle.Bhakti-yoga means dnukulyena kmuinu.Silanam: one should serveQa very favorably. This is the real injunction. Here it is said that althoughan enemy thinks of Qa unfavorably, the Lord is unaffected, bysuch antidevotional service. Thus He offers His benedictions even to Sisupalaand similarly inimical conditioned souls. This does not mean,however, that one should be inimical toward the Lord. The stress is givento the favorable execution of devotional service, not purposefulblasphemy of the Lord. It is said: