240 Sri Caitanya-caritameta
TRANSLATION
“In whatever transcendental mellow My devotee worships Me, I reciprocate with
him. That is My natural behavior.
PURPORT
The Lord, by His inherent nature, reveals Himself before His devotees according
to their inherent devotional service. The Vrndavana pastimes demonstrated that
although generally people worship God with reverence, the Lord is more pleased
when a devotee thinks of Him as his pet son, personal friend or most dear fiancé
and renders service unto Him with such natural affection. The Lord becomes a
subordinate object of love in such transcendental relationships. Such pure love of
Godhead is unadulterated by any tinge of superfluous nondevotional desires and is
not mixed with any sort of fruitive action or empiric philosophical speculation. It is
pure and natural love of Godhead, spontaneously aroused in the absolute stage.
This devotional service is executed in a favorable atmosphere freed from material
affection.
TEXT 20
CT AN A AAS GVeeq SATS |
AA TTTAISTS AAI Are AAs 1) Re
ye yathd mam prapadyante
tams tathaiva bhajamy aham
mama vartmdnuvartante
manusyah partha sarvasah
SYNONYMS
ye—those who; yathd—as; mam—to Me; prapadyante—surrender; tan—them; tathd
—so; eva—certainly; bhajd@mi—reward; aham—|; mama— My; vartma—path; anuvartante
—follow; manusydh—men; pdrtha—O son of Prtha; sarvasah—in all respects.
TRANSLATION
“*In whatever way My devotees surrender unto Me, | reward him accordingly.
Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prthia.’
PURPORT
In the Fourth Chapter of Bhagavad-gita Lord Kyspa affirms that formerly (some
120 million years before the Battle of Kuruksetra) He explained the mystic
philosophy of the Gitd to the sun-god. The message was received through the chain
of disciplic succession, but in course of time, the chain being broken somehow or
other, Lord Sri Krsna appeared again and taught Arjuna the truths of Bhagavad-gitd.
At that time the Lord spoke this verse (Bg. 4.11) to His friend Arjuna.
