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TEXT 20 kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah
SYNONYMS  kamaih--by
desires; taih--by those; taih--by those; hrta--distorted;
jnanah--knowledge; prapadyante--surrender; anya--other;
devatah--demigods; tam--that; tam--that; niyamam--rules;
asthaya--following; prakrtya--by nature; niyatah--controlled;
svaya--by their own.
TRANSLATION Those whose
minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow
the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own
natures.
PURPORT Those who are
freed from all material contaminations surrender unto the Supreme Lord
and engage in His devotional service. As long as the material contamination
is not completely washed off, they are by nature nondevotees. But even
those who have material desires and who resort to the Supreme Lord are
not so much attracted by external nature; because of approaching the right
goal, they soon become free from all material lust. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam
it is recommended that whether one is free from all material desires, or
is full of material desires, or desires liberation from material contamination,
or is a pure devotee and has no desire for material sense gratification,
he should in all cases surrender to Vasudeva and worship Him.
It is said
in the Bhagavatam that less intelligent people who have lost their
spiritual sense take shelter of demigods for immediate fulfillment of material
desires. Generally, such people do not go to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, because they are in particular modes of nature (ignorance and
passion) and therefore worship various demigods. Following the rules and
regulations of worship, they are satisfied. The worshipers of demigods
are motivated by small desires and do not know how to reach the supreme
goal, but a devotee of the Supreme Lord is not misguided. Because in Vedic
literature there are recommendations for worshiping different gods for
different purposes (e.g., a diseased man is recommended to worship the
sun), those who are not devotees of the Lord think that for certain purposes
demigods are better than the Supreme Lord. But a pure devotee knows that
the Supreme Lord Krsna is the master of all. In the Caitanya-caritamrta
it is said that only the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, is master
and all others are servants. Therefore a pure devotee never goes to demigods
for satisfaction of his material needs. He depends on the Supreme Lord.
And the pure devotee is satisfied with whatever He gives.
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