SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM - Prabhupada

Text 27]The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone37TEXT 27 f:¥4q61fltqnt: I;r Rhtilit .. fijitf.l re-: 11\911yathii vairanubandhenamartyas tan-mayatam iyatna tathii bhakti-yogenaiti me niScita matib,yathii-as; vaira-anubandhena-by constant enmity; martyab,-aperson; tat-mayatam-absorption in Him; iyat-may attain; na-not;tathii-in a like manner; bhakti-yogena-by devotional service; itithus;me-my; ni.Scita-dennite; matib,-opinion.TRANSLATIONNirada Muni continued: By devotional service one cannotachieve such intense absorption in thought of the Supreme Personalityof Godhead as one can through enmity toward Him. Thatis my opinion.PURPORTSriman Narada Muni, the topmost pure devotee, praises Kn>Qa'senemies like Sisupala because their minds are always completely absorbedin .KrQa. Indeed, he thinks himself deficient in the inspiration ofbeing feelingly absorbed in .KrQa consciousness. This does not mean,however, that the enemies of .KrQa are more elevated than .KrQa's puredevotees. In the Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 5.205) .KrQadasa KavirajaGosvami also thinks of himself in such a humble way:jagai madhiii haite muni se papi§!hapuera ki!a haite muni se laghi§!ha"I am a worse sinner than Jagai and Madhai and am even lower than theworms in the stool." A pure devotee always thinks himself more deficientthan everyone else. If a devotee approaches Srimati RadhiirliQi tooffer some service to .KrQa, even Srimati Radharli.Qi thinks that the devoteeis greater than She. Thus Narada Muni says that according to his