Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.48.26

kah panditas tvad aparam śaranam samīyād

bhakta-priyād rita-girah suhridah krita-jñāt

sarvān dadāti suhrido bhajato 'bhikāmān

ātmānam apy upacayāpacayau na yasya

SYNONYMS

kah — what; panditah — scholar; tvat — other than You; aparam — to another; śaranam — for shelter; samīyāt — would go; bhakta — to Your devotees; priyāt — affectionate; rita — always true; girah — whose words; suhridah — the well-wisher; krita-jñāt — grateful; sarvān — all; dadāti — You give; suhridah — to Your well-wishing devotees; bhajatah — who are engaged in worshiping You; abhikāmān — desires; ātmānam — Yourself; api — even; upacaya — increase; apacayau — or diminution; na — never; yasya — whose.

TRANSLATION

What learned person would approach anyone but You for shelter, when You are the affectionate, grateful and truthful well-wisher of Your devotees? To those who worship You in sincere friendship You reward everything whey desire, even Your own self, yet You never increase or diminish.

PURPORT

This verse describes both the Lord and His devotees as suhridah "well-wishers." The Lord is the well-wisher of His devotee, and the devotee lovingly desires all happiness for the Lord. Even in this world, an excess of love may sometimes produce unnecessary solicitude. For example, we often observe that a mother's loving concern for her adult child is not always justified by an actual danger to the child. A grown child may be wealthy, competent and healthy, and yet the mother's loving concern continues. Similarly, a pure devotee always feels loving concern for Lord Krishna, as exemplified by mother Yaśodā, who could only think of Krishna as her beautiful son.

Lord Krishna had promised Akrūra that after killing Kamsa He would visit his home, and now the Lord kept His promise. Akrūra recognizes this and glorifies the Lord as rita-girah, "one who is true to His word." The Lord is krita-jña, grateful for whatever little worship a devotee offers, and even if the devotee forgets, the Lord does not.

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