Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto Four
SB 4.5.2 — 4
HG Narahari Prabhu
December 26, 2018SB 4.5.2 — Thus Lord Śiva, being extremely angry, pressed his lips with his teeth and immediately snatched from his head a strand of hair which blazed like electricity or fire. He stood up at once, laughing like a madman, and dashed the hair to the ground.
SB 4.5.3 — A fearful black demon as high as the sky and as bright as three suns combined was thereby created, his teeth very fearful and the hairs on his head like burning fire. He had thousands of arms, equipped with various weapons, and he was garlanded with the heads of men.
SB 4.5.4 — When that gigantic demon asked with folded hands, “What shall I do, my lord?” Lord Śiva, who is known as Bhūtanātha, directly ordered, “Because you are born from my body, you are the chief of all my associates. Therefore, kill Dakṣa and his soldiers at the sacrifice.”
About the speaker

His Grace Narahari Prabhu
His Grace Narahari Prabhu is a senior disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhatktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He has been a pioneer of several successful projects within ISKCON such as ISKCON Miami and the first floating Hare Krsna temple, “The Jaladuta II”, a 53 foot teakwood ketch. He has held leadership positions in the community of devotees in Hawaii for many years.

Narahari Prabhu told a story about a digvijaya pandit from South India. A small boy named Parasara defeated the scholar but asking how many grains of sand in his hand. Then the boy gave the example that a tree full of fruit bows down where as only useless trees without fruit stand tall. The dig vijaya surrendered to Parasara. This boy later became an acarya in the Ramanuja sampradaya. Still relating stories about Parasara, Narahari told the story of how a disciple of Parasara once journeyed to mountains 400 miles away Sri Rangam to find Ananta Acarya to find the answer to the question, “what are qualities of someone close to God”? The enigmatic answer that was given was that the qualities are like salt, a chicken, a crane and you (the disciple). The meaning of these are as follows:
1) salt has to be balanced to bring life to food and if used expertly then no one should notice it. So one should try not too be noticed fro his service;
2) a chicken can get nourishment from trash, so an advanced devotee can find the find good in every situation;
3) the crane is always attentively hunting for fish, so devotee must be introspective with full concentration;
4) the disciple undergoing as kind of tribulation for spiritual advancement.