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CC Madhya 19.190



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 190

sakhya-bhakta—śrīdāmādi, pure bhīmārjuna
vātsalya-bhakta—mātā pitā, yata guru-jana


SYNONYMS

sakhya-bhakta — devotees in fraternity; śrīdāmā-ādi — Śrīdāmā and others; pure — in Dvārakā; bhīma-arjuna — Bhīma and Arjuna; vātsalya-bhakta — devotees in parental love; mātā pitā — the mother and father; yata guru-jana — all other similar superior persons.


TRANSLATION

“In Vṛndāvana, examples of devotees in fraternity are Śrīdāmā and Sudāmā; in Dvārakā the Lord’s friends are Bhīma and Arjuna; in Vṛndāvana the devotees in parental love are mother Yaśodā and father Nanda Mahārāja, and in Dvārakā the Lord’s parents are Vasudeva and Devakī. There are also other superior persons who are devotees in parental love.