Raising oneself from the Material Conception to the Spiritual Conception

We discussed verses 6.9.28- 6.9.35.The Demigods were in fear of Vrtrasura who had just appeared as a ghastly demon. Thus they had offered prayers to the Supreme Lord for protection.
As we discussed earlier the demigods were Sakama Bhaktas and themselves affected by the 3 modes of material nature.
Also the quality of their prayers and glorification was up to their level of realization through the verses until 6.9.27.

However once the Supreme Lord appeared the prayers of the demigods changed from asking for protection and glorifying the Lord's qualities as the Creator , Controller, etc to glorifying the Lord's personal qualities and glorifying the Lord's devotees along with the process of devotional service.In spite of being in such a great danger the demigods did not ask for protection from the Lord after He appeared before them.

Take Home lessons:

The Deity Form

The Demigods were raised from a material conception (where they were in fear and anxiety) to a spiritual conception (where the glorified the Lord and His devotees and understood their own minuteness) just by the Darshan of the Lord.

When one is in a material conception of life one is always anxious and overcome by fear. That blocks their ability to offer themselves completely in the service of the Lord and His devotees. The darshan of the Lord raises one from the Material Conception of life to the Spiritual Conception in which one is able to properly offer service to the Lord.

Nityam Bhagavat Sevaya

The Lord's darshan may not be available to us in the same way as it was available to the Demigods. However in Kali Yuga the Lord has mercifully extended His darshan in the form of :

Krsna Katha

1. Srimad Bhagavatam
2. His Deity Form
3. The Holy Name



The Holy Name

4. Krsna Katha: by discussing the Lord's Pastimes one gets the same benefit as being in the pastime.

We must vigorously take darshan of the Lord through the above mentioned mediums through rigid practice to gradually raise ourselves to the Spiritual conception where our service will be pure, unmotivated and uninterrupted.