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Prayers by Queen Kuntī
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devotees are identical. Sometimes service of the devotee is more valuable than the service of the Lord. But here the affection of Kuntīdevī for the Pāṇḍavas and the Vṛṣṇis was due to family relation. This tie of affection in terms of material relation is the relation of  māyā  because the relations of the body or the mind are due to the influence of the external energy. Relations of the soul, established in relation with the Supreme Soul, are factual relations. When Kuntīdevī wanted to cut off the family relation, she meant to cut off the relation of the skin. The skin relation is the cause of material bondage, but the relation of the soul is the cause of freedom. This relation of the soul to the soul can be established by the via medium of the relation with the Supersoul. Seeing in the darkness is not seeing. But seeing by the light of the sun means to see the sun and everything else which was unseen in the darkness. That is the way of devotional service.
TEXT 43
श्रीकृष्ण कृष्णसख वृष्ण्यूषभावनिधुग् 
    राजन्यवंशदहनानपवर्गवीर्य । 
    गोविन्द गोद्विजसुरार्तिहरावतः 
    योगेश्वराखिलगुरो भगवन्नमस्ते ॥४३॥
śrī-kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa-sakha vṛṣṇy-ṛṣabhāvani-dhrug 
    rājanya-vaṁśa-dahanānapavarga-vīrya 
    govinda go-dvija-surārtiharāvatāra 
    yogeśvarākhila-guro bhagavan namas te
śrī kṛṣṇa—O Śrī Kṛṣṇa; kṛṣṇa-sakha—O friend of Arjuna; vṛṣṇi—descendants of Vṛṣṇi; ṛṣabha—the chief; avani—earth; dhruk—rebellious; rājanya-vaṁśa—dynasties of the kings; dahana—annihilator; anapavarga—without deterioration of; vīrya—prowess; govinda—the proprietor of Golokadhāma; go—cow; dvija—the brāhmaṇas; sura—the demigods; arti-hara—reliever of distress; avatāra—one who descends; yogeśvara—master of all mystic powers; akhila—universal; guro—O preceptor; bhagavan—the possessor of all opulences; namaḥ te—respectful obeisances unto You.
TRANSLATION
O Kṛṣṇa, O friend of Arjuna, O chief amongst the descendants of Vṛṣṇi, You are the destroyer of those political parties which are disturbing elements on this earth. Your prowess never deteriorates. You are the