मुमुक्षवो घोररूपान् हित्वा भूतपतीनथ । नारायणकला: शान्ता भजन्ति ह्यनसूयव: ॥ २६ ॥

mumuká¹£avo ghora-rÅ«pÄn
hitvÄ bhÅ«ta-patÄ«n atha
nÄrÄyaṇa-kalÄḥ Å›ÄntÄ
bhajanti hy anasūyavaḥ


Text

Rejecting the frightful forms Åšiva or others devatÄs, persons desirous of liberation (what to speak of the devotees), without criticizing those devatÄs, worship the avatÄras of NÄrÄyaṇa.

Purport

Bhuta-patin as well as meaning forms of Siva, also indicates Pitrs, Brahma and others. Anasuyavah means they do not criticize those devatas.