Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 25:111-120

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Muni-mokñana

The Sage Is Rescued

Chapter 25: Verse 111-120

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 111.O brähmaëa, the devotees of Lord Kåñëa are glorified in all the Vedas, Puräëas, and Itihäsas. 112.I am the life breath of My devotees. My devotees are the life breath of Me. A person who hates My devotees is a fool. He attacks My very life. 113.Forgetting children, grandchildren, wife, kingdom, and wealth, My devotees always remember Me. Who is more dear to Me than them? 114.-115.Neither My own life breath, nor Lakñmi, nor Çiva, nor Sarasvati, nor Brahmä, nor Durgä, nor Gaëeça, nor the brähmanas, nor the Vedas, nor Sävitri, nor the demigods, nor the gopis, nor the gopas, nor even Rädhä, who is more dear to Me than life itself, are more dear to Me than My devotees. 116.What I have spoken is the whole truth. It is not empty flattery. My devotees are more dear to Me than life itself. 117.They who hate Me are ignorant fools. They have cheated themselves. They do not know their own self interest. They go to hell. There they stay for a long time. 118.They who hate My devotees, who are more dear to Me than life, I punish. In the next life they spend a long time in hell. 119.I am the creator, master, and protector of all. Still, I am not independent. I am controlled by My devotees. 120.In Goloka I have two arms, and in Vaikuëöha I have four arms. I stay there eternally. Still, My life breath stays wherever My devotees stay.