Text 26] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone
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when the soul becomes completely pure, the Lord takes him back to Godhead.
TEXT 26
तस्माद्वैरानुबन्धेन निवैरेण मयेन वा । स्नेहात्कामेन वा युञ्ज्यात् कथञ्चिन्नेक्षते पृथक् ॥२६॥
tasmād vairānubandhena nirvaireṇa bhayena vā snehāt kāmena vā yuñjyāt kathañcin nekṣate pṛthak
tasmāt —therefore;  vaira-anubandhena —by constant enmity;  nirvaireṇa —by devotion;  bhayena —by fear;  vā —or;  snehāt —from affection;  kāmena —by lusty desires;  vā —or;  yuñjyāt —one should concentrate;  kathañcit —somehow or other;  na —not;  ikṣate —sees;  pṛthak —something else.
TRANSLATION
Therefore by enmity or by devotional service, by fear, by affection or by lusty desire—by all of these or any one of them—if a conditioned soul somehow or other concentrates his mind upon the Lord, the result is the same, for the Lord, because of His blissful position, is never affected by enmity or friendship.
PURPORT
From this verse one should not conclude that because Kṛṣṇa is unaffected by favorable prayers or unfavorable blasphemy one should therefore blaspheme the Supreme Lord. This is not the regulative principle.  Bhakti-yoga  means  ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanam : one should serve Kṛṣṇa very favorably. This is the real injunction. Here it is said that although an enemy thinks of Kṛṣṇa unfavorably, the Lord is unaffected by such antidevotional service. Thus He offers His benedictions even to Śiśupāla and similarly inimical conditioned souls. This does not mean, however, that one should be inimical toward the Lord. The stress is given to the favorable execution of devotional service, not purposeful blasphemy of the Lord. It is said: