Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.49

sa vā ayam brahma mahad-vimrigya-

kaivalya-nirvāna-sukhānubhūtih

priyah suhrid vah khalu mātuleya

ātmārhanīyo vidhi-krid guruś ca

SYNONYMS

sah — that (Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna); vā — also; ayam — this; brahma — the impersonal Brahman (which is an emanation from Krishna); mahat — by great personalities; vimrigya — searched for; kaivalya — oneness; nirvāna-sukha — of transcendental happiness; anubhūtih — the source of practical experience; priyah — very, very dear; suhrit — well-wisher; vah — of you; khalu — indeed; mātuleyah — the son of a maternal uncle; ātmā — exactly like body and soul together; arhanīyah — worshipable (because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead); vidhi-krit — (yet He serves you as) an order carrier; guruh — your supreme advisor; ca — as well.

TRANSLATION

The impersonal Brahman is Krishna Himself because Krishna is the source of the impersonal Brahman. He is the origin of the transcendental bliss sought by great saintly persons, yet He, the Supreme Person, is your most dear friend and constant well-wisher and is intimately related to you as the son of your maternal uncle. Indeed, He is always like your body and soul. He is worshipable, yet He acts as your servant and sometimes as your spiritual master.

PURPORT

There is always a difference of opinion about the Absolute Truth. One class of transcendentalists concludes that the Absolute Truth is impersonal, and another class concludes that the Absolute Truth is a person. In Bhagavad-gītā, the Absolute Truth is accepted as the Supreme Person. Indeed, that Supreme Person Himself, Lord Krishna, instructs in Bhagavad-gītā, brahmano hi pratishthāham [Bg. 14.27], mattah parataram nānyat [Bg. 7.7]. "The impersonal Brahman is My partial manifestation, and there is no truth superior to Me." That same Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, acted as the supreme friend and relative of the Pāndavas, and sometimes He even acted as their servant by carrying a letter from the Pāndavas to Dhritarāshtra and Duryodhana. Because Krishna was the well-wisher of the Pāndavas, He also acted as guru by becoming the spiritual master of Arjuna. Arjuna accepted Krishna as his spiritual master (śishyas te 'ham śādhi mām tvām prapannam), and Krishna sometimes chastised him. For example, the Lord said, aśocyān anvaśocas tvam prajñā-vādāmś ca bhāshase: [Bg. 2.11] "while speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief." The Lord also said, kutas tvā kaśmalam idam vishame samupasthitam: "My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you?" Such was the intimate relationship between the Pāndavas and Krishna. In the same way, a pure devotee of the Lord is always with Krishna through thick and thin; his way of life is Krishna. This is the statement of the authority Śrī Nārada Muni.

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