SB 10.24.4

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 24: Worshiping Govardhana Hill

SB 10.24.3 - SB 10.24.5

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 4

etad brūhi mahān kāmo

mahyaṁ śuśrūṣave pitaḥ

na hi gopyaṁ hi sadhūnāṁ

kṛtyaṁ sarvātmanām iha

asty asva-para-dṛṣṭīnām

amitrodāsta-vidviṣām

SYNONYMS

etat — this; brūhi — please speak; mahān — great; kāmaḥ — desire; mahyam — to Me; śuśrūṣave — who am ready to hear faithfully; pitaḥ — O father; na — not; hi — indeed; gopyam — to be kept secret; hi — certainly; kṛtyam — the activities; sarva-ātmanām — who see everyone as equal to themselves; iha — in this world; asti — there is; asva-para-dṛṣṭīnām — who do not distinguish between what is their own and what is another's; amitra-udāsta-vidviṣām — who do not distinguish between friends, neutral parties and enemies.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Please tell Me about it, O father. I have a great desire to know and am ready to hear in good faith. Certainly, no secrets are to be kept by saintly personalities, who see all others as equal to themselves, who have no conception of "mine" or "another's" and who do not consider who is a friend, who is an enemy and who is neutral.

PURPORT

Lord Kṛṣṇa's father might have thought that his son was a mere child and thus could not properly question the validity of a Vedic sacrifice. But the Lord's clever statement here would certainly have convinced Nanda that Śrī Kṛṣṇa was making a serious, not a whimsical, inquiry and that a serious answer should thus be given.

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