बद्धवैरेषु भूतेषु मोहितेष्वात्ममायया ॥३९॥
prÄṇaiḥ svaiḥ prÄṇinaḥ pÄnti
sÄdhavaḥ ká¹£aṇa-bhaá¹…guraiḥ
baddha-vaireṣu bhūteṣu
mohiteá¹£v Ätma-mÄyayÄ
prÄṇaiḥ - by lives; svaiḥ - their own; prÄṇinaḥ - other living entities; pÄnti - protect; sÄdhavaḥ - devotees; ká¹£aṇa-bhaá¹…guraiḥ - temporary; baddha-vaireá¹£u - unnecessarily engaged in animosity; bhÅ«teá¹£u - unto living entities; mohiteá¹£u - bewildered; Ätma-mÄyayÄ - by the external energy of the Lord.
People in general, being bewildered by the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, are always engaged in animosity toward one another. But devotees, even at the risk of their own temporary lives, try to save them.
This is the characteristic of a Vaiṣṇava. Para-duḥkha-duḥkhÄ«: a Vaiṣṇava is always unhappy to see the conditioned souls unhappy. Otherwise, he would have no business teaching them how to become happy. In materialistic life, people must certainly engage in activities of animosity. Materialistic life is therefore compared to saá¹sÄra-dÄvÄnala, a blazing forest fire that automatically takes place. Lord Åšiva and his followers in the paramparÄ system try to save people from this dangerous condition of materialistic life. This is the duty of devotees following the principles of Lord Åšiva and belonging to the Rudra sampradÄya. There are four Vaiṣṇava sampradÄyas, and the Rudra sampradÄya is one of them because Lord Åšiva (Rudra) is the best of the Vaiṣṇavas (vaiṣṇavÄnÄá¹ yathÄ Å›ambhuḥ). Indeed, as we shall see, Lord Åšiva drank all the poison for the benefit of humanity.
