evaṁ giritraḥ priyayābhibhāṣitaḥ

ṛṣir uvāca

evaṁ giritraḥ priyayābhibhāṣitaḥ

pratyabhyadhatta prahasan suhṛt-priyaḥ

saṁsmārito marma-bhidaḥ kuvāg-iṣūn

yān āha ko viśva-sṛjāṁ samakṣataḥ

Maitreya said: Addressed in this way by his wife, Śiva, replied with a smile, while reminding his wife of the heart-piercing arrows of insults which Dakṣa spoke in the presence of the creators of the universe.

He made his wife remember the arrows of sharp words which pierce the heart. “How can the sharp words of Dakṣa pierce the heart of Śiva, who is self-satisfied?” Since Śiva is the supreme lord, he is certainly self-satisfied. But because he is also related to tamoguṇa, sometimes lamentation, illusion, attachment and hatred manifest in him, with his supreme powers not visible. Though Kṛṣṇa is always self-satisfied, because of having prema, he also shows lamentation, illusion, attachment and hatred in relation to Yaśodā, Baladeva and the gopīs, because of invisibility of his supreme powers. In Śiva, those moods arise from tamoguṇa, and are filled with an experience of a shadow of grief. In Kṛṣṇa, those moods arise from prema, and are filled with an experience of the highest bliss. Since prema is the ultimate essence of the cit-śakti, these moods cannot be restricted by the Lord’s being self-satisfied. However, destruction of demons is the effect of sattva-guṇa alone. Because of the mutual friction of the guṇas, sattva-guṇa destroys tamas and rajas, just as light destroys darkness. In this way, Kṛṣṇa destroys demons. Since he is śuddha-sattva, though the effects of material sattva are also present in him (in the sense that they are handled by him), they do not affect him. This has been explained in the First Canto (SB 1.2.23), and will be explained again at the beginning of the Seventh Canto (SB 7.9.37).

|| 4.3.16 ||