SB 1.2.26

मुमुक्षवो घोररूपान्हित्वा भूतपतीनथ ।
नारायणकलाः शान्ता भजन्ति ह्यनसूयवः ॥ २६ ॥
mumukṣavo ghora-rūpān hitvā bhūta-patīn atha
nārāyaṇa-kalāḥ śāntā bhajanti hy anasūyavaḥ

Synonyms

atha — as such; mumukṣavaḥ — those who aspire for liberation; anasūyavaḥ — while altogether free from enmity [toward other gods (devatāntarānindakāḥ);118 and toward their worshipers (devatāntareṣu tad-upāsakeṣu cāsūyā-rāhityam iti sūcitam)]; bhajanti — worship; hi — only; śāntāḥ — the beatific; kalāḥ — expansions [avatāras119]; nārāyaṇa — [of] Śrī Nārāyaṇa; hitvā — avoiding; ghora-rūpān — frightful forms [such as that of Bhairava120]; bhūta-patīn — [and] the custodians of worldly beings [the forefathers (pitṛs), the spirit entities (bhūtas), the progenitors of all beings, and so on (prajeśa-ādīn)121].

Translation

As such, those who aspire for liberation, while altogether free from enmity, worship only the beatific expansions of Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa, avoiding frightful forms and the custodians of worldly beings.

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