Text 26] The Son of Drona Punished 347

TRANSLATION

Thus You descend as an avatara [incarnation] to remove the burden
of the world and to benefit Your friends, especially those who are Your
exclusive devotees and are rapt in meditation upon You.

PURPORT

It appears that the Lord is partial to His devotees. Everyone is related
with the Lord. He is equal to everyone, and yet He is more inclined to His
own men and devotees. The Lord is everyone’s father. No one can be His
father, and yet no one can be His son. His devotees are His kinsmen, and
His devotees are His relations. This is His transcendental pastime. It has
nothing to do with mundane ideas of relations, fatherhood or anything
like that. As mentioned above, the Lord is above the modes of material
nature, and thus there is nothing mundane about His kinsmen and relations
in devotional service.

TEXT 26

Fafa flaca aft aaa a Farqaq |
madara «Fa: TATTETA HRK II

kimidam svit kuto veti
deva-deva na vedmy aham
sarvato-mukham ayati
tejah parama darunam

kim—what is; idam—this; svit—does it come; kutah—wherefrom; veti—
be either; deva-deva—O Lord of lords; na—not; vedmi—do I know; aham—
I; sarvatah—all around; mukham- directions; ayati—coming from; tejah—
effulgence; parama—very much; darunam— dangerous.

TRANSLATION

O Lord of lords, how is it that this dangerous effulgence is spreading
all around? Where does it come from? I do not understand it.

PURPORT

Anything that is presented before the Personality of Godhead should be
so done after due presentation of respectful prayers. That is the standard
