Text 11] Dhrtarastra Quits Home 675
Gosvami studied from his father, and he described it to Panksit; that is the
way of Srimad-Bhagavatam. So by their actions the pure devotees of the
Lord can render any place into a place of pilgrimage, and the holy places
are worth the name only on their account. Such pure devotees are able to
rectify the polluted atmosphere of any place, and what to speak of a holy
place rendered unholy by the questionable actions of interested persons
who try to adopt a professional life at the cost of the reputation of a holy
place.
TEXT 11
MY A Gece Aeqa: HNeIAM: |
ET AAT A AT ATA TAA 11221
api nah suhrdas tata
bandhavah krsna-devatah
drstah gruta va yadavah
sva-puryam sukham asate

api—whether; nah—our; suhrdah—well-wishers; tata-O my uncle;
bandhavah—friends; kyspa-devatah— those who are always rapt in the ser-
vice of Lord Sri Krsna; drstah—by seeing them; srutah—or by hearing
about them; va—either; yadavah—the descendants of Yadu; sva-puryam—
along with their residential place; sukham asate—if they are all happy.

TRANSLATION
My uncle, you must have visited Dvaraka. In that holy place there are
our friends and well-wishers, the descendants of Yadu, who are always
rapt in the service of the Lord Sri Krsna. You might have seen them or
heard about them. Are they all living happily in their abodes?
PURPORT

The particular word Krsna-devatah, i.e., those who are always rapt in
the service of Lord Krsna, is significant. The Yadavas and the Pandavas,
who were always rapt in the thought of the Lord Krsna and His different
transcendental activities, were all pure devotees of the Lord like Vidura.
Vidura left home in order to devote himself completely to the service of
the Lord, but the Pandavas and the Yadavas were always rapt in the
thought of Lord Krsna. Thus there is no difference in their pure devotional
