Transcendental Affection (Servitude) 299

In the Lalita-madhava by Ripa Gosvami there is the following
statement by Daruka, one of the servants of Krsna: “Certainly Lord
Visnu is very beautiful with His necklace of kaustubha jewels, His
four hands holding conchshell, disc, club and lotus flower and His
dazzlingly beautiful jewelry. He is also very beautiful in His eternal
position, riding upon the shoulder of Garuda. But now the same Lord
Visnu is present as the enemy of Kamsa, and by His personal feature
I am completely forgetting the opulence of Vaikuntha.”

Another devotee once said, “This Supreme Personality of Godhead
from whose bodily pores come millions of universes, permanently
rising, who is the ocean of mercy, who is the owner of inconceivable
energies, who is always equipped with all perfections, who is the
origin of all incarnations, who is the attraction for all liberated per-
sons—this very Supreme Personality of Godhead is the supreme con-
troller, the supremely worshipable, all-cognizant, fully determined,
fully opulent, the emblem of forgiveness, the protector of surren-
dered souls, munificent, true to His promise, expert, all-auspicious,
powerful, religious, a strict follower of the scripture, the friend of
the devotees, magnanimous, influential, grateful, reputable, respect-
able, full of all strength and submissive to pure love. Surely He is the
only shelter of devotee: who are attracted to Him by the affection of
servitorship.”

The devotees of the Lord in servitude are divided into four classes:
appointed servants (such as Lord Brahma and Lord Siva, who are ap-
pointed to control over the material modes of passion and ignorance),
devotees in servitude who are protected by the Lord, devotees who
are always associates, and devotees who are simply following in the
footsteps of the Lord.

In a conversation between Jambavati, one of Krsna’s wives, and
Kalindi, her friend, Jambavati enquired, “Who is this personality
circumambulating our Krsna?”

Kalindi replied, “He is Ambikeya, the superintendent of all universal
affairs.”

Then Jambavati enquired, “Who is this personality who is trem-
bling at the sight of Krsna?”
