Text 20]
Remembrance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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transcendental body of the Lord. The Lord was merciful even to His enemy, and the success of the King of Cedi was observed by everyone who was present in the assembly. Vidura was also present there, and therefore Uddhava referred the incident to his memory.
TEXT 20
तथैव चान्ये नरलोकवीरा य आहवे कृष्णमुत्वारविन्दम्। नेत्रैः पिबन्तो नयनाभिरामं पार्थास्त्रपूतः पदमापुरस्य ॥२०॥
tathaiva cānye nara-loka-vīrā ya āhave kṛṣṇa-mukhāravindam netraiḥ pibanto nayanābhirāmaṁ pārthāstra-pūtaḥ padam āpur asya
tathā—as also; eva ca—and certainly; anye—others; nara-loka—human society; vīrāḥ—fighter; ye—those; āhave—on the battlefield (of Kurukṣetra); kṛṣṇa—Lord Kṛṣṇa's; mukha-aravindam—face like a lotus flower; netraiḥ—with the eyes; pibantaḥ—while seeing; nayana-abhirāman—very pleasing to the eyes; pārtha—Arjuna; astra-pūtaḥ—purified; padam—abode; āpuḥ—achieved; asya—of Him.
TRANSLATION
Certainly others who were fighters on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra were purified by the onslaught of Arjuna's arrows, and while seeing the lotuslike face of Kṛṣṇa, so pleasing to the eyes, they achieved the abode of the Lord.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, appears in this world for two missionary purposes: to deliver the faithful, and to annihilate the miscreants. But because the Lord is absolute, His two different kinds of actions, although apparently different, are ultimately one and the same. His annihilation of a person like Śiśupāla is as auspicious as His actions for the protection of the faithful. All the warriors who fought against Arjuna but who were able to see the lotus-like face of the Lord on the battlefront achieved the abode of the Lord, exactly as the devotees of the Lord do. The words “pleasing to the eyes of the seer” are very significant. When the warriors from the other side of