SB 1.9.20
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- yaṁ manyase mātuleyaṁ
- priyaṁ mitraṁ suhṛttamam
- akaroḥ sacivaṁ dūtaṁ
- sauhṛdād atha sārathim
SYNONYMS
yam — the person; manyase — you think; mātuleyam — maternal cousin; priyam — very dear; mitram — friend; suhṛt-tamam — ardent well-wisher; akaroḥ — executed; sacivam — counsel; dūtam — messenger; sauhṛdāt — by good will; atha — thereupon; sārathim — charioteer.
TRANSLATION
O King, that personality whom, out of ignorance only, you thought to be your maternal cousin, your very dear friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., is that very Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
PURPORT
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, although acting as the cousin, brother, friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., of the Pāṇḍavas, was still the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Out of His causeless mercy and favor upon His unalloyed devotees, He performs all kinds of service, but that does not mean that He has changed His position as the Absolute Person. To think of Him as an ordinary man is the grossest type of ignorance.