Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.29.4

kim citram acyuta tavaitad aśesha-bandho

dāseshv ananya-śaranesu yad ātma-sāttvam

yo 'rocayat saha mrigaih svayam īśvarānām śrīmat-kirīta-tata-pīdita-pāda-pīthah

SYNONYMS

kim — what; citram — wonder; acyuta — O infallible Lord; tava — Your; etat — this; aśesha-bandho — O friend of all; dāseshu — for the servants; ananya-śaraneshu — who have taken no other shelter; yat — which; ātma-sāttvam — intimacy with You; yah — who; arocayat — acted affectionately; saha — with; mrigaih — the animals (monkeys); svayam — Yourself; īśvarānām — of the great demigods; śrīmat — effulgent; kirīta — of the helmets; tata — by the edges; pīdita — shaken; pāda-pīthah — whose footstool.

TRANSLATION

My dear infallible Lord, it is not very astonishing that You intimately approach Your servants who have taken exclusive shelter of You. After all, during Your appearance as Lord Rāmacandra, even while great demigods like Brahmā were vying to place the effulgent tips of their helmets upon the cushion where Your lotus feet rested, You displayed special affection for monkeys such as Hanumān because they had taken exclusive shelter of You.

PURPORT

The devotees of the Lord become completely successful by the Lord's causeless mercy. Sometimes Lord Krishna accepts a position of subservience to His great devotees, as with Nanda Mahārāja, the gopīs, Bali Mahārāja and others. Although demigods like Lord Brahmā were standing in line to touch their helmets to the Lord's foot cushion, still Lord Rāmacandra awarded His most intimate friendship to subhumans, such as the monkeys headed by Hanumān. Similarly Lord Krishna's affection for the deer and cows, and even for the trees of Vrindāvana, is well known. Further, the Lord gladly drove the chariot of Arjuna and acted as the messenger and faithful subordinate of King Yudhishthira. Such devotees have no need for the elaborate jñāna-yoga systems or the process for achieving mystic powers. All these devotees are represented here by Śrī Uddhava, who frankly informs the Lord that the sophisticated systems of philosophical speculation and mystic yoga are not appealing for one who has developed a taste for direct loving service to the Lord.

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