← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 17: Punishment and Reward of Kali

Verse 34 of 41
SB 1.17.34

yasmin harir bhagawam ijyamana ijyatma murtir yajatam sam tanoti kaman amoghan sthirajamgamanam antarvahir vayuriva esha atma.

Synonyms

yasminin such sacrificial ceremonies; harirthe Supreme Lord; bhagwanthe Personality of Godhead; ijyamanabeing worshipped; ijyatmathe soul of all worshipable deities; murtirof the forms; yajatamthose who worship; samwelfare; tanotispreads; kamandesires; amoghaninviolable; sthirajamgamanamof all the moving and the unmoving; antarwithin; vahiroutside; vayurair; ivalike; eshaof all of them; atmaspirit soul.

Translation

In all sacrificial ceremonies although sometimes some demigod is worshipped still by such sacrifice the Supreme Lord Personality of Godhead is worshipped; because He is the Supersoul of every one and exists both inside and outside like the air and thus it is He only Who awards all welfare for the worshipper.

Purport

Even it is sometimes seen that demigods like Indra, Chandra etc are worshipped and offered sacrificial awards, still the rewards of all such sacrifices are awarded to the worshipper by the Supreme Lord and it is the Lord only who can offer all welfare for the worshipper. The demigods although worshipped cannot do anything without the sanction of the Lord because the Lord is the Supersoul of every one both moving and non-moving.

In the Bhagwat Geeta it is confirmed in the following sloka:-

Verse 34 of 41