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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 9]
do with the material conception of life because He is absolute spiritual identity, there is for Him no superior or inferior action. Being the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He has no false ego, and so He does not identify Himself with anything different from Him. The material conception of ego is equibalanced in Him. He does not feel, therefore, inferior by becoming the chariot driver of His pure devotee. It is the glory of the pure devotee only that he can bring about service from the affectionate Lord.
TEXT 22
तथाप्येकान्तभक्तेषु पश्य भूपानुकम्पितम् । यन्मेऽस्त्रंस्त्यजतः साक्षात्कृष्णो दर्शनमागतः ॥२२॥
tathāpy ekānta-bhakteṣu paśya bhūpānukampitam yan me'sūns tyajataḥ sākṣāt kṛṣṇo darśanam āgataḥ
tathāpi—still; ekānta—unflinching; bhakteṣu—unto the devotees; paśya—see here; bhūpa—O King; anukampitam—how sympathetic; yat—for which; me—my; asūn—life; tyajataḥ—ending; sākṣāt—directly; kṛṣṇaḥ—the Personality of Godhead; darśanam—in my view; āgataḥ—has kindly come.
TRANSLATION
Yet, despite His being equally kind to everyone, He has graciously come before me while I am ending my life, for I am His unflinching servitor.
PURPORT
The Supreme Lord Absolute Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa, although equal to everyone, is still more inclined to His unflinching devotee who is completely surrendered and knows no one else as his protector and master. Having unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord as one's protector, friend and master is the natural condition of eternal life. A living entity is so made by the will of the Almighty that he is most happy when placing himself in a condition of absolute dependence.
The opposite tendency is the cause of falldown. The living entity has this tendency of falling down by dint of misidentifying himself as fully