SB 2.6.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

ततश्च मनवः काले ईजिरे ऋषयो ऽपरे ।
पितरो विबुधा दैत्या मनुष्याः क्रतुभिर्विभुम् ॥ ३० ॥

tatas ca manavah kale

ijire rsayo 'pare

pitaro vibudha daitya

manusyah kratubhir vibhum

tatah-thereafter; ca-also; manavah-the Manus or the fathers of mankind; kale-in due course of time; ijire-worshiped; rsayah-great sages; apare-others; pitarah-the forefathers; vibudhah-the learned scholars; daityah-great devotees of the demigods; manusyah-mankind; kratubhih vibhum-by performance of sacrifices in order to please the Supreme Lord.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, by performance of sacrifice meant to please the Supreme Lord, Manu, the father of mankind, worshiped great sages, learned scholars and forefathers.

PURPORT

The daityas are devotees of the demigods because they want to derive the greatest possible material facilities from them. The devotees of the Lord are eka-nistha, or absolutely attached to the devotional service of the Lord. Therefore they have practically no time to see the benefits of material facilities. Because of their realization of their spiritual identity, they are more concerned with spiritual emancipation than with material comforts.

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