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Api nah suhridas tata bandhavah krishnadevatah
Dristah sruta va yadavah swapuryam sukhamasate.
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Api—whether, Nah—our, Suhridas—well wishers, Krishnadevatah—those who are always wrapt in the service of the Lord Sri Krishna, Dristah—by seeing them, Sruta—or by hearing about them, Va—either, Yadavah—the descendants of Yadu, Swapuryam—along with their residential place, Sukhamasate—if they are all happy.
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My uncle! you must have visited the holy pilgrimage Dwarka and in that holy place there are our friends and well wishers the descendant of Yadu who are always wrapt in the service of the Lord Shri Krishna. You might have either seen them or heard about them. Are they all living happily in their abode?
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The particular word 'Krishnadevata' i.e. those who are always wrapt in the service of Lord Krishna is significant. The Yadavas, the Pandavas who were always wrapt in the thought of Lord Krishna by His different transcendental activities were all pure devotees of the Lord like Vidura. Vidura left home in order to devote himself completely in the service of the Lord but the Pandavas and the Yadavas were always wrapt in thought of Lord Krishna. As such there is no difference in their pure devotional qualities. Do remain at home or go out of home the real qualification of a pure devotee is to become wrapt in thought of Krishna favorably i.e. knowing well that Lord Krishna is the absolute Personality of Godhead. Kanasa, Jarasandha, Sisupala and other demons like them were also always wrapt in thought of Lord Krishna but they did it in a different way namely unfavorably or thinking Him to be a powerful man only. Therefore, Kansas and Sisupalas are not on the same level of pure devotees like Vidura, the Pandavas or the Yadavas.
#$p#Maharaj Yudhisthira was also always wrapt in thought of Lord Krishna and His associates at Dwarka. Otherwise he would not have asked first of all about them from Vidura. Maharaj Yudhisthira is, therefore, on the same level of devotion like Vidura although he was engaged in the state affairs of the kingdom of world.
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#dl##dd#api naḥ suhṛdas tāta#/dd#
#dd#bāndhavāḥ kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ#/dd#
#dd#dṛṣṭāḥ śrutā vā yadavaḥ#/dd#
#dd#sva-puryāṁ sukham āsate#/dd##/dl#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=api&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#api#/i# — whether; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=naḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#naḥ#/i# — our; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=suhṛdaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#suhṛdaḥ#/i# — well-wishers; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=tāta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#tāta#/i# — O my uncle; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=bāndhavāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#bāndhavāḥ#/i# — friends; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=kṛṣṇa&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#kṛṣṇa-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=devatāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#devatāḥ#/i# — those who are always rapt in the service of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=dṛṣṭāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#dṛṣṭāḥ#/i# — by seeing them; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=śrutāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#śrutāḥ#/i# — or by hearing about them; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=vā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#vā#/i# — either; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yadavaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yadavaḥ#/i# — the descendants of Yadu; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sva&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sva-#a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=puryām&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#puryām#/i# — along with their residential place; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sukham&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sukham #a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āsate&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āsate#/i# — if they are all happy.
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My uncle, you must have visited Dvārakā. In that holy place are our friends and well-wishers, the descendants of Yadu, who are always rapt in the service of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. You might have seen them or heard about them. Are they all living happily in their abodes?
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The particular word #i#kṛṣṇa-devatāḥ#/i#, i.e., those who are always rapt in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa, is significant. The Yādavas and the Pāṇḍavas, who were always rapt in the thought of the Lord Kṛṣṇa and His different transcendental activities, were all pure devotees of the Lord like Vidura. Vidura left home in order to devote himself completely to the service of the Lord, but the Pāṇḍavas and the Yādavas were always rapt in the thought of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Thus there is no difference in their pure devotional qualities. Either remaining at home or leaving home, the real qualification of a pure devotee is to become rapt in the thought of Kṛṣṇa favorably, i.e., knowing well that Lord Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Personality of Godhead. Kaṁsa, Jarāsandha, Śiśupāla and other demons like them were also always rapt in the thought of Lord Kṛṣṇa, but they were absorbed in a different way, namely unfavorably, or thinking Him to be a powerful man only. Therefore, Kaṁsa and Śiśupāla are not on the same level as pure devotees like Vidura, the Pāṇḍavas and the Yādavas.
#$p#Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was also always rapt in the thought of Lord Kṛṣṇa and His associates at Dvārakā. Otherwise he could not have asked all about them from Vidura. Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was therefore on the same level of devotion as Vidura, although engaged in the state affairs of the kingdom of the world.
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