542 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 10

our sight at another time. He exists at all times and at every place, but by
His causeless mercy when He appears before us we take it for granted that
He has taken His birth. Anyone who can understand this truth, in terms of
the statements of revealed scriptures, certainly becomes liberated just after
quitting the present body. Liberation is obtainable after many births and
after great endeavor in patience and perseverance, in knowledge and
renunciation. But simply by knowing in truth about the Lord’s
transcendental births and activities, one can get liberation at once.
That is the verdict of the Bhagavad-gita. But those who are in the
darkness of ignorance conclude that the Lord’s birth and activities
in the material world are similar to those of the ordinary living being.
Such imperfect conclusions cannot give anyone liberation. His birth,
therefore, in the family of King Yadu as the son of King Vasudeva and His
transfer into the family of Nanda Maharaja in the land of Mathura are all
transcendental arrangements made by the internal potency of the Lord.
The fortunes of the Yadu dynasty and that of the inhabitants of the land
of Mathura cannot be materially estimated. If simply by knowing the
transcendental nature of the birth and activities of the Lord one can get
liberation easily, we can just imagine what is in store for those who
actually enjoyed the company of the Lord in person as a family member
or as a neighbor. All those who were fortunate enough to associate with
the Lord, the husband of the goddess of fortune, certainly obtained
something more than what is known as liberation. Therefore, rightly the
dynasty and the land are both ever glorious by the grace of the Lord.

TEXT 27

Te Ta aaa
FITS TTT yy |
qara fd acquetid
faarare aif A TTA: RVI

aho bata svar-yasasas tiraskari
kuSasthali punya yasaskari bhuvah
pasyanti nityam yad anugrahesitar
smitavalokam sva-patim sma yat-prajah

aho bata—how wonderful this is; svar-yasasah—glories of the heavenly
planets: tiraskari—that which defeats; kusasthali—Dvaraka; punya—virtue;
