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Questions by Vidura
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appearance of the Lord is always distinct from ordinary birth. Even the pure devotees have no connection with the material body, and certainly the Lord, who appears as He is, in His  sac-cid-ānanda  form, is not limited by a material form.
TEXT 45
तस्य प्रपञ्चाखिलतोकपाना- मवस्थितानामनुशासने स्वे । अर्थाय जातस्य यदुष्वजस्य वार्ता सखे कीर्तय तीर्थकीर्तेः ॥४५॥
tasya prapannākhila-loka-pānām avasthitānām anuśāsane sve arthāya jātasya yaduṣv ajasya vārtām sakhe kīrtaya tīrtha-kīrteḥ
tasya —His;  prapanna —surrendered;  akhila-loka-pānām —all rulers of the entire universe;  avasthitānām —situated in;  anuśāsane —under the control of;  sve —own self;  arthāya —for the interest of;  jātasya —of the born;  yaduṣu —in the family of the Yadus;  ajasya —of the unborn;  vārtām —topics;  sakhe —O my friend;  kīrtaya —please narrate;  tīrtha-kīrteḥ —of the Lord, whose glories are chanted in the places of pilgrimage.
TRANSLATION
O my friend, please, therefore, chant the glories of the Lord, who is meant to be glorified in the places of pilgrimage. He is unborn, and yet He appears by His causeless mercy upon the surrendered rulers of all parts of the universe. Only for their interest did He appear in the family of His unalloyed devotees, the Yadus.
PURPORT
There are innumerable rulers all over the universe in different varieties of planets: the sun-god in the sun planet, the moon-god in the moon planet, Indra in the heavenly planet, Vāyu, Varuṇa, and those in the Brahmaloka planet where Lord Brahmā is living. All are obedient servants of the Lord. Whenever there is any trouble in the administration of the innumerable planets in different universes, the rulers pray for an