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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 6]
astu evam aṅga bhagavān bhajatāṁ mukundo muktiṁ dadāti karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam
rājan—O my dear King; patiḥ—maintainer; guruḥ—spiritual master; alam—certainly; bhavatām—of you; yadūnām—the Yadu dynasty; daivam—the worshipable Deity; priyaḥ—very dear friend; kula-patiḥ—the master of the dynasty; kva ca—sometimes even; kiṅkaraḥ—servant; vaḥ—of you (the Pāṇḍavas); astu—to be sure; evam—thus; aṅga—O King; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhajatām—of those devotees engaged in service; mukundaḥ—the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; muktim—liberation; dadāti—delivers; karhicit—at any time; sma—indeed; na—not; bhakti-yogam—loving devotional service.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued:  My dear King, the Supreme Person, Mukunda, is actually the maintainer of all the members of the Pāṇḍava and Yadu dynasties. He is your spiritual master, worshipable Deity, friend, and the director of your activities. To say nothing of this, He sometimes serves your family as a messenger or servant. This means He worked just as ordinary servants do. Those engaged in getting the Lord's favor attain liberation from the Lord very easily, but He does not very easily give the opportunity to render direct service unto Him.
PURPORT
While instructing Mahārāja Parīkṣit, Śukadeva Gosvāmī thought it wise to encourage the King because the King might be thinking of the glorious position of various royal dynasties. Especially glorious is the dynasty of Priyavrata, in which the Supreme Lord Rābhadeva incarnated. Similarly, the family of Uttānapāda Mahārāja, the father of Mahārāja Dhruva, is also glorious due to King Prthu's taking birth in it. The dynasty of Mahārāja Raghu is glorified because Lord Rāmacandra appeared in that family. As far as the Yadu and Kuru dynasties are concerned, they existed simultaneously, but of the two, the Yadu dynasty was more glorious due to the appearance of Lord Krṣṇa. Mahārāja