Text 26]
The Son of Droṇa Punished
347
TRANSLATION
Thus You descend as an avatāra [incarnation] to remove the burden of the world and to benefit Your friends, especially those who are Your exclusive devotees and are rapt in meditation upon You.
PURPORT
It appears that the Lord is partial to His devotees. Everyone is related with the Lord. He is equal to everyone, and yet He is more inclined to His own men and devotees. The Lord is everyone's father. No one can be His father, and yet no one can be His son. His devotees are His kinsmen, and His devotees are His relations. This is His transcendental pastime. It has nothing to do with mundane ideas of relations, fatherhood or anything like that. As mentioned above, the Lord is above the modes of material nature, and thus there is nothing mundane about His kinsmen and relations in devotional service.
TEXT 26
किमिदं स्वित्कुतो वेति देवदेव न वेद्म्यहम् । सर्वतोमुखमायाति तेजः परमदारुणम् ॥२६॥
kimidam svit kuto veti deva-deva na vedmy aham sarvato-mukham āyāti tejaḥ parama dāruṇam
kim—what is; idam—this; svit—does it come; kutaḥ—wherefrom; veti—be either; deva-deva—O Lord of lords; na—not; vedmi—do I know; aham—I; sarvataḥ—all around; mukham—directions; āyāti—coming from; tejaḥ—effulgence; parama—very much; dāruṇam—dangerous.
TRANSLATION
O Lord of lords, how is it that this dangerous effulgence is spreading all around? Where does it come from? I do not understand it.
PURPORT
Anything that is presented before the Personality of Godhead should be so done after due presentation of respectful prayers. That is the standard