604 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 11

TEXT 39

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tarh menire ‘bala midhah
strainam canuvratam rahah
apramana-vido bhartur

isvaram matayo yatha

tam-—-unto Lord Sri Krsna; menire—took it for granted; abalah—
delicate; mitdhah—because of simplicity; strainam—one who is dominated
by his wife; ca—also; anuvratam--follower; rahah—lonely place; apramana-
vidah—unaware of the extent of glories; bhartuh—of their husband;
isvaram—the supreme controller; matayah—thesis; yatha—as it is.

TRANSLATION

The simple and delicate women truly thought that the Lord Sri Krsna,
their beloved husband, followed them and was dominated by them. They
were unaware of the extent of the glories of their husband, as the atheists
are unaware of Him as the supreme controller.

PURPORT

Even the transcendental wives of Lord Sri Krsna did not know com-
pletely the unfathomable glories of the Lord. This ignorance is not mun-
dane because there is some action of the internal potency of the Lord in
the exchange of feelings between Him and His eternal associates. The Lord
exchanges transcendental relations in five ways, as proprietor, master,
friend, son and lover, and in each of these pastimes He plays fully by the
potency of yogamaya, the internal potency. He plays exactly like an equal
friend with the cowherd boys or even with friends like Arjuna. He plays
exactly like a son in the presence of Yasodamata, He plays exactly like a
lover in the presence of the cowherd damsels, and He plays
exactly like a husband in the presence of the queens of Dvaraka. Such
devotees of the Lord never think of the Lord as the Supreme, but think of
Him exactly as a common friend, a pet son or a lover or husband very
much dear to heart and soul. That is the relation between the Lord and
His transcendental devotees, who act as His associates in the spiritual sky
