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SB 1.9.35 (1964)

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT No. 35

Sapadi sakhibacha nisamya madhye
Nijaparayorvalayo ratham nivesya
Sthitavati parasainika ayurakshna
Hritavati partha sakhe ratir mamastu.


ENGLISH SYNONYMS

Sapadi—on the battlefield, Sakhivacha—command of the friend Nisamya—after hearing, Madhye—in the midst of, Nija—own, Parayo—the opposite party, Valayo—strength, Ratham—chariot, Nivesya—having entered, Sthitavati—while staying there, Parasainika—soldiers on the opposite side. Ayur—duration of life, Akshna—by looking over, Hritavati—act of diminishing, Partha—Arjuna son of Pritha (Kunti), Sakhe—unto the friend of, Ratir—intimate relation, Mama—mine, Astu—let there be.


TRANSLATION

In obedience to the command of his friend, Lord Shri Krishna entered the arena of the battlefield of Kurukshetra between the soldiers of Arjuna's and Duryodhana's party and while staying there He diminished the duration of life of the opposite party by His merciful glance. He did it by pointing out the enemies. Let my mind be fixed up unto that Krishna.


PURPORT

In the Bhagwat Geeta (Bg. 1.21-26) Arjuna ordered the infallible Lord Sri Krishna to place his chariot between the phlanx of the soldiers. He asked Him to stay there till he had finished the observation on his enemies as to who and who are there to face the battle. When the Lord was so asked, the Lord at once did so just like an order carrier. And the Lord pointed out to him all important men on the opposite side saying, here is Bhisma, here is Drona and like that. The Lord being the Supreme of all living beings, He is never the order supplier or order carrier of anybody whoever may he be. But out of His causeless mercy and affection for His pure devotees, some time He carries out the order of the devotee like a waiting servant. By such execution of the order of a devotee the lord becomes pleased as much as the father is pleased to carry out the order of his small child. These are possible only out of pure transcendental love between the Lord and His devotees and Bhismadeva is quite aware of this fact. He, therefore, addressed the Lord as the Friend of Arjuna.

The Lord diminished the duration of life of the opposite party by His merciful glance. It is said that all fighters who assembled in the battlefield of Kurukshetra attained salvation by personally seeing the Lord at the time of death. Therefore, diminishing the duration of life of the opposite pary of Arjuna does not mean that He was partial to the cause of Arjuna. But factually He was merciful to the opposite party. Because the opposite party would not have attained salvation by dying at home in the ordinary course of life. Here was a chance to see the Lord at the time of death and thus attain success in the matter of salvation from material life. Therefore, the Lord was all Good and whatever He does it is for everyone's good. Apparently it was for the victory of Arjuna His intimate friend but factually it was for the good of Arjuna's enemies. That is the transcendental activities of the Lord and whoever understands this, also gets salvation after quitting this material body. The Lord does no wrong at all circumstances because He is Absolute all good at all times.