Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.65-66

athāsau śaktibhih svābhih

śambhoh prādhānikam vyadhāt

dharma-jñāna-virakty-riddhi-

tapo-vidyā-kriyādibhih

ratham sūtam dhvajam vāhān

dhanur varma-śarādi yat

sannaddho ratham āsthāya

śaram dhanur upādade

SYNONYMS

atha — thereafter; asau — He (Lord Krishna); śaktibhih — by His potencies; svābhih — personal; śambhoh — of Lord Śiva; prādhānikam — ingredients; vyadhāt — created; dharma — religion; jñāna — knowledge; virakti — renunciation; riddhi — opulence; tapah — austerity; vidyā — education; kriyā — activities; ādibhih — by all these and other transcendental opulences; ratham — chariot; sūtam — charioteer; dhvajam — flag; vāhān — horses and elephants; dhanuh — bow; varma — shield; śara-ādi — arrows and so on; yat — everything that was required; sannaddhah — equipped; ratham — on the chariot; āsthāya — seated; śaram — arrow; dhanuh — unto the bow; upādade — joined.

TRANSLATION

Nārada Muni continued: Thereafter, Lord Krishna, by His own personal potency, consisting of religion, knowledge, renunciation, opulence, austerity, education and activities, equipped Lord Śiva with all the necessary paraphernalia, such as a chariot, a charioteer, a flag, horses, elephants, a bow, a shield and arrows. When Lord Śiva was fully equipped in this way, he sat down on the chariot with his arrows and bow to fight with the demons.

PURPORT

As stated in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (12.13.16): vaishnavānām yathā śambhuh: Lord Śiva is the best of the Vaishnavas, the devotees of Lord Krishna. Indeed, he is one of the mahājanas, the twelve authorities on Vaishnava philosophy (svayambhūr nāradah śambhuh kumārah kapilo manuh, etc. [SB 6.3.20]). Lord Krishna is always prepared to help all the mahājanas and devotees in every respect (kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktah pranaśyati). Although Lord Śiva is very powerful, he lost a battle to the asuras, and therefore he was morose and disappointed. However, because he is one of the chief devotees of the Lord, the Lord personally equipped him with all the paraphernalia for war. The devotee, therefore, must serve the Lord sincerely, and Krishna is always in the background to protect him and, if need be, to equip him fully to fight with his enemy. For devotees there is no scarcity of knowledge or material requisites for spreading the Krishna consciousness movement.

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