View source for The Lord could have chastised the demon immediately while the demon was deriding the Lord with ill words, but the Lord tolerated him to please the demigods and to show that they should not be afraid of demons while discharging their duties

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"The Lord could have chastised the demon immediately while the demon was deriding the Lord with ill words, but the Lord tolerated him to please the demigods and to show that they should not be afraid of demons while discharging their duties"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|SharmisthaK}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2020-07-31T17:21:40Z}}
{{last|2020-07-31T17:21:40Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:God Can]]
[[Category:Have]]
[[Category:God's Chastisement]]
[[Category:God and the Demons]]
[[Category:God Immediately]]
[[Category:While (Period of Time)]]
[[Category:Was]]
[[Category:Deriding God]]
[[Category:With]]
[[Category:Ill]]
[[Category:Words]]
[[Category:But]]
[[Category:God's Tolerance]]
[[Category:God Gives Pleasure]]
[[Category:God and the Demigods]]
[[Category:God's Showing]]
[[Category:That]]
[[Category:They]]
[[Category:Should Not]]
[[Category:Not Be]]
[[Category:Afraid]]
[[Category:While (Period of Time)]]
[[Category:Discharge of Duties]]
[[Category:Their]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 03 Chapter 18 Purports - The Battle Between Lord Boar and the Demon Hiranyaksa]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 03 Purports]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>SB Canto 3</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
The Lord could have chastised the demon immediately while the demon was deriding the Lord with ill words, but the Lord tolerated him to please the demigods and to show that they should not be afraid of demons while discharging their duties.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:SB 3.18.9|SB 3.18.9, Translation and Purport]]
</div>
<div class="quote_translation">
The demon, who had a wealth of ornaments, bangles and beautiful golden armor on his body, chased the Lord from behind with a great mace. The Lord tolerated his piercing ill words, but in order to reply to him, He expressed His terrible anger.
</div>
<div class="text">
The Lord could have chastised the demon immediately while the demon was deriding the Lord with ill words, but the Lord tolerated him to please the demigods and to show that they should not be afraid of demons while discharging their duties. Therefore His toleration was displayed mainly to drive away the fears of the demigods, who should know that the Lord is always present to protect them. The demon's derision of the Lord was just like the barking of dogs; the Lord did not care about it, since He was doing His own work in delivering the earth from the midst of the water. Materialistic demons always possess large amounts of gold in various shapes, and they think that a large amount of gold, physical strength and popularity can save them from the wrath of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
</div>
</div>
</div>