(So the devotees are protected by the Viṣṇudūtas always, constantly. They are invisibly wandering all over the universe) 
As I have explained yesterday, devotees will have enemies. Kṛṣṇa had enemies. This world is such: envious. Ordinarily, they are envious. The whole world is full of enviousness. Even the greatest personalities like Indra, he is also envious. If somebody is undergoing great austerities, the Indra becomes envious.
Just like Viśvāmitra. Viśvāmitra was meditating by the *yoga *process. Immediately Indra became disturbed, "Oh, this man is practicing so much severe austerities. He may capture my post some day. So this man must be curbed down immediately." Just like in political party, everyone is thinking, "Oh, this man is becoming greater than me.
So he should be curbed down, he should be checked. Otherwise, some day he may occupy my ministership." This is the position of the world. Everyone is envious. So the devotees have, I mean to say, enemies. But the Viṣṇudūta protects, as Kṛṣṇa says, that *kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati *(BG 9.31):
"My dear Arjuna, you can declare on My behalf that a devotee will never be . . . a pure devotee . . ." Always remember—a pure devotee. Devotee means a pure devotee."
(Prabhupada Lecture, February 12, 1971, Gorakhpur)
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