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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.8.48
drono vasūnām pravaro
karishyamāna ādeśān
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukah uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; dronah — by the name Drona; vasūnām — of the eight Vasus (a type of demigod); pravarah — who was the best; dharayā — with Dharā; bhāryayā — His wife; saha — with; karishyamānah — just to execute; ādeśān — the orders; brahmanah — of Lord Brahmā; tam — unto him; uvāca — said; ha — in the past.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: To follow the orders of Lord Brahmā, Drona, the best of the Vasus, along with his wife, Dharā, spoke to Lord Brahmā in this way.
PURPORT
As stated in the Brahma-samhitā (5.37):
ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis
tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhih
goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto
govindam ādi-purusham tam aham bhajāmi
When Krishna descends anywhere, He is accompanied by His own associates. These associates are not ordinary living beings. Krishna's pastimes are eternal, and when He descends, He comes with His associates. Therefore Nanda and mother Yaśodā are the eternal father and mother of Krishna. This means that whenever Krishna descends, Nanda and Yaśodā, as well as Vasudeva and Devakī, also descend as the Lord's father and mother. Their personalities are expansions of Krishna's personal body; they are not ordinary living beings. Mahārāja Parīkshit knew this, but he was curious to know from Śukadeva Gosvāmī whether it is possible for an ordinary human being to come to this stage by sādhana-siddhi. There are two kinds of perfection — nitya-siddhi and sādhana-siddhi. A nitya-siddha is one who is eternally Krishna's associate, an expansion of Krishna's personal body, whereas a sādhana-siddha is an ordinary human being who, by executing pious activities and following regulative principles of devotional service, also comes to that stage. Thus the purpose of Mahārāja Parīkshit's inquiry was to determine whether an ordinary human being can attain the position of mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja. Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered this question as follows.
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