Adi-tila, Chapter 4 325

krsnera pratijfid eka ache parva haite
ye yaiche bhaje, krsna tare bhaje taiche
SYNONYMS
krsnera—of Lord Krsna; pratijid—promise; eka—one; adche—there is; purva haite—
from before; ye—whoever; yaiche—just as; bhaje—he worships; krsna—Lord Krsna;
tadre—to him; bhaje—reciprocates; taiche—just so.
TRANSLATION

Lord Krsna has a promise from before to reciprocate with His devotees according
to the way they worship Him.

TEXT 178

CT AW A ATHY SLVAT SHAT |
WA WUT Ss WAT! ate AL sae bi

ye yathaé marh prapadyante
tadrhs tathaiva bhajamy aham

mama vartmdnuvartante
manusyah partha sarvasah

SYNONYMS
ye—those who; yatha—as; mam—to Me; prapadyante—surrender; tan—them; tatha
—so; eva—certainly; bhajami—reward; aham—\; mama—My;_ vartma—path;

anuvartante—follow; manusydh—men; partha—O son of Prtha; sarvasah—in all
respects.

TRANSLATION

“In whatever way My devotees surrender unto Me, | reward them accordingly.
Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Prtha.”’

PURPORT

Kygna was never ungrateful to the gopis, for as He declares to Arjuna in this verse
from Bhagavaa-gita (4.11), He reciprocates with His devotees in proportion to the
transcendental loving service they render unto Him. Everyone follows the path that
leads toward Him, but there are different degrees of progress on that path, and the
Lord is realized in proportion to one’s advancement. The path is one, but the
progress in approaching the ultimate goal is different, and therefore the proportion
of realization of this goal—namely the absolute Personality of Godhead—is also
different. The gopis attained the highest goal,and Lord Caitanya affirmed that
there is no higher method of worshiping God than that followed by the gopis.
