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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
TRANSLATION
“In whatever transcendental mellow My devotee worships Me, I reciprocate with him. That is My natural behavior.
PURPORT
The Lord, by His inherent nature, reveals Himself before His devotees according to their inherent devotional service. The Vṛndāvana pastimes demonstrated that although generally people worship God with reverence, the Lord is more pleased when a devotee thinks of Him as his pet son, personal friend or most dear fiancé and renders service unto Him with such natural affection. The Lord becomes a subordinate object of love in such transcendental relationships. Such pure love of Godhead is unadulterated by any tinge of superfluous nondevotional desires and is not mixed with any sort of fruitive action or empiric philosophical speculation. It is pure and natural love of Godhead, spontaneously aroused in the absolute stage. This devotional service is executed in a favorable atmosphere freed from material affection.
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যে যথা মাং প্রপত্যন্তে তাংস্তথেব ভজাম্যহম্ । মম বর্ত্মানুবর্তন্তে মন্ত্র্যাঃ পার্থ সর্বশঃ ॥ ২০
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham mama vartmānuvartante manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
SYNONYMS
ye—those who; yathā—as; mām—to Me; prapadyante—surrender; tān—them; tathā—so; eva—certainly; bhajāmi—reward; aham—I; mama—My; vartma—path; anuvartante—follow; manuṣyāḥ—men; pārtha—O son of Pṛthā; sarvaśaḥ—in all respects.
TRANSLATION
“‘In whatever way My devotees surrender unto Me, I reward him accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.’
PURPORT
In the Fourth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā  Lord Kṛṣṇa affirms that formerly (some 120 million years before the Battle of Kurukṣetra) He explained the mystic philosophy of the  Gītā  to the sun-god. The message was received through the chain of discipline succession, but in course of time, the chain being broken somehow or other, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa appeared again and taught Arjuna the truths of  Bhagavad-gītā . At that time the Lord spoke this verse (Bg. 4.11) to His friend Arjuna.