O soul of the universe! It is very difficult for a person to tolerate the offenses committed against him by ignorant people. Even a person who knows the method of toleration has strong intolerance in his nature. Only your devotees, who are fixed in your qualities and who have achieved peace by residing at your lotus feet, are devoid of this intolerance. Even learned persons (viduṣām), who know the method of tolerating offenses by others, have a strong nature of intolerance (prakṛtiḥ baliyasī). Only your devotees who have attained qualities like you, and thus do not show intolerance or anger, and are peaceful because of residing at your lotus feet, are devoid of intolerance. Thus ends the commentary on the Twenty-second Chapter of the Eleventh Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Twenty-three Song of the Avantī Brāhmaṇa