Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.4.39

mūlam hi vishnur devānām

yatra dharmah sanātanah

tasya ca brahma-go-viprās

tapo yajñāh sa-dakshināh

SYNONYMS

mūlam — the foundation; hi — indeed; vishnuh — is Lord Vishnu; devānām — of the demigods; yatra — wherein; dharmah — religious principles; sanātanah — traditional or eternal; tasya — of this (foundation); ca — also; brahma — brahminical civilization; go — cow protection; viprāh — brāhmanas; tapah — austerity; yajñāh — performing sacrifices; sa-dakshināh — with proper remuneration.

TRANSLATION

The foundation of all the demigods is Lord Vishnu, who lives and is worshiped wherever there are religious principles, traditional culture, the Vedas, cows, brāhmanas, austerities, and sacrifices with proper remuneration.

PURPORT

Here is a description of sanātana-dharma, eternal religious principles, which must include brahminical culture, brāhmanas, sacrifices and religion. These principles establish the kingdom of Vishnu. Without the kingdom of Vishnu, the kingdom of God, no one can be happy. Na te viduh svārtha-gatim hi vishnum: [SB 7.5.31] in this demoniac civilization, people unfortunately do not understand that the self-interest of human society lies in Vishnu. Durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninah: thus they are involved in a hopeless hope. People want to be happy without God consciousness, or Krishna consciousness, because they are led by blind leaders who lead human society to chaos. The asuric adherents of Kamsa wanted to disrupt the traditional condition of human happiness and thus defeat the devatās, the devotees and demigods. Unless the devotees and demigods predominate, the asuras will increase, and human society will be in a chaotic condition.

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