Srimad Bhagavatam 4.11.13

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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.11.13

titikshaya karunaya

maitrya cakhila-jantushu

samatvena ca sarvatma

bhagavan samprasidati

SYNONYMS

titikshaya -- by tolerance; karunaya -- by mercy; maitrya -- by friendship;

ca -- also; akhila -- universal; jantushu -- unto the living entities;

samatvena -- by equilibrium; ca -- also; sarva-atma -- the Supersoul; bhagavan

-- the

Personality of Godhead; samprasidati -- becomes very satisfied.

TRANSLATION

The Lord is very satisfied with His devotee when the devotee greets other

people with tolerance, mercy, friendship and equality.

PURPORT

It is the duty of an advanced devotee in the second stage of devotional

perfection to act in accordance with this verse. There are three stages of

devotional life. In the lowest stage, a devotee is simply concerned with the

Deity in

the temple, and he worships the Lord with great devotion, according to rules

and regulations. In the second stage the devotee is cognizant of his

relationship with the Lord, his relationship with fellow devotees, his

relationship with

persons who are innocent and his relationship with persons who are envious.

Sometimes devotees are ill-treated by envious persons. It is advised that an

advanced devotee should be tolerant; he should show complete mercy to persons

who are ignorant or innocent. A preacher-devotee is meant to show mercy to

innocent persons, whom he can elevate to devotional service. Everyone, by

constitutional position, is an eternal servant of God. Therefore, a devotee's

business

is to awaken everyone's Krishna consciousness. That is his mercy. As for a

devotee's treatment of other devotees who are his equals, he should maintain

friendship with them. His general view should be to see every living entity as

part of the Supreme Lord. Different living entities appear in different forms

of

dress, but according to the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita, a learned person

sees all living entities equally. Such treatment by the devotee is very much

appreciated by the Supreme Lord. lt is said, therefore, that a saintly person

is always tolerant and merciful, he is a friend to everyone, never an enemy to

anyone, and he is peaceful. These are some of the good qualities of a devotee.