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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.12.37
SYNONYMS
tam -- him (Lord Siva); aviklavam -- without being agitated by the incident that had taken place; avridam -- without being ashamed; alakshya -- seeing; madhu-sudanah -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Madhusudana, the killer of the demon Madhu; uvaca -- said; parama-pritah -- being very pleased; bibhrat -- assuming; svam -- His own; paurushim -- original; tanum -- form.
TRANSLATION
Seeing Lord Siva unagitated and unashamed, Lord Vishnu [Madhusudana] was very pleased. Thus He resumed His original form and spoke as follows.
PURPORT
Although Lord Siva was aghast at the potency of Lord Vishnu, he did not feel ashamed. Rather, he was proud to be defeated by Lord Vishnu. Nothing is hidden from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for He is in everyone's heart. Indeed, the Lord says in Bhagavad-gita (15.15), sarvasya caham hridi sannivishto mattah smritir jnanam apohanam ca: "I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness." Whatever happened had taken place under the direction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore there was no cause to be sorry or ashamed. Although Lord Siva is never defeated by anyone, when defeated by Lord Vishnu he felt proud that he had such an exalted and powerful master.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness