442 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 9
PURPORT

Lord Krsna was also a younger cousin of Maharaja Yudhisthira as well
as the intimate friend of Arjuna. But all the family members of the
Pandavas knew Lord Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The
Lord, although conscious of His supreme position, always behaved in a
humanly custom, and so He also bowed down before the dying Bhismadeva
as if He were one of the younger brothers of King Yudhisthira.

TEXT 5

at we: af waa aa
Ay °
Tay TA ee AAT 4

tatra brahmarsayah sarve
devarsayas ca sattama

rajarsayas ca tatrasan
drastum bharata-pungavam

tatra—there; brahma-rsayah—rssis among the brahmanas; sarve—all; deva-
rsayah—rsis among the demigods; ca—and; sattama—situated in the quality
of goodness; raja-rsayah—rsis among the kings; ca—and; tatra—in that
place; asan—were present; drastum—just to see; bharata—descendant of
King Bharata; pungavam—and the chief of them.

TRANSLATION

Just to see the chief of the descendants of King Bharata [Bhisma}],
all the great souls in the universe, namely the rsis amongst the demigods,
brahmanas and kings, all situated in the quality of goodness, were assembled
there.

PURPORT

The rsis are those who have attained perfection by spiritual achieve-
ments. Such spiritual achievements can be earned by all, whether
one is a king or a mendicant. Bhismadeva himself was also one of the
brahmarsis and the chief of the descendants of King Bharata. All rsis are
situated in the quality of goodness. All of them assembled there on
hearing the news of the great warrior’s impending death.
