Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 22:51-60

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Dhenuka-vadha

The Killing of Dhenuka

Chapter 22: Verse 51-60

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 51.How can I, a demon who has taken birth as an ass, properly offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whom even the Vedas, the demigods headed by Brahmä, and the kings of the sages cannot properly glorify? 52.O ocean of mercy please save me from taking another birth. How can a person that has seen Your lotus feet take birth again in this world? 53.The demigod Brahmä may offer prayers, and an ass may also offer prayers. The all-knowing Supreme Personality of Godhead is equally kind to both the qualified and the unqualified. 54.After speaking these words, the great demon respectfully stood before the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His face smiling, the glorious and handsome Supreme Lord was very pleased. 55.A person who regularly recites this prayer spoken by a demon easily attains salokya, saåñöi, and samépya liberation from Lord Kåñna. 56.He attains wisdom, knowledge, wealth, good children, good grandchildren, and fame. In this world he attains devotion to Lord Kåñëa. At the end of this life he attains very rare direct service to Lord Kåñëa. 57.Çri Näräyaëa Åñi said: After hearing the demon's prayers, Lord Kåñëa, who is an ocean of mercy, thought to Himself, “How can I kill a devotee like this?" 58.After thinking this, Lord Kåñëa deprived the demon of his memory. It was not right for Lord Kåñna to kill a person offering prayers, but it was right for Him to kill a blasphemer. 59.Bewildered by the Lord's illusory potency, the demon forgot everything. Insults suddenly appeared in his voice. 60.The bewildered demon, filled with hatred, now on the verge of death, and his lips quivering in anger, spoke to Lord Kåñëa.