tasmin vinihate yÅ«yaá¹
tejo-'strÄyudha-sampadaḥ
bhÅ«yaḥ prÄpsyatha bhadraá¹ vo
na hiá¹santi ca mat-parÄn
tasmin - when he (Vá¹›trÄsura); vinihate - is killed; yÅ«yam - all of you; tejaḥ - power; astra - arrows; Äyudha - other weapons; sampadaḥ - and opulence; bhÅ«yaḥ - again; prÄpsyatha - will obtain; bhadram - all good fortune; vaḥ - unto you; na - not; hiá¹santi - hurt; ca - also; mat-parÄn - My devotees.
A devotee of the Lord is never envious of anyone, what to speak of other devotees. As revealed later, Vá¹›trÄsura was also a devotee. Therefore he was not expected to be envious of the demigods. Indeed, of his own accord, he would try to benefit the demigods. A devotee does not hesitate to give up his own body for a better cause. CÄṇakya Paṇá¸ita said, san-nimitte varaá¹ tyÄgo vinÄÅ›e niyate sati. After all, all one’s material possessions, including his body, will be destroyed in due course of time. Therefore if the body and other possessions can be utilized for a better cause, a devotee never hesitates to give up even his own body. Because Lord Viṣṇu wanted to save the demigods, Vá¹›trÄsura, even though able to swallow the three worlds, would agree to be killed by the demigods. For a devotee there is no difference between living and dying because in this life a devotee engages in devotional service, and after giving up his body, he engages in the same service in the spiritual world. His devotional service is never hindered.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to the Sixth Canto, Ninth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Appearance of the Demon Vá¹›trÄsura.â€