Texts 28-29] Disappearance of Lord Krsna 751
asate kusalam kaccid-
ye ca Satrujid adayah
kaccid aste sukham ramo
bhagavan satvatam prabhun

kaccit—whether; raja—the King; ahukah—another name of Ugrasena;
jivati—still living; asat— mischievous; putrah—son; asya—his; ca—also ;anujah
—younger brother; hrdikah—Hrdika; sa-sutah—along with sons such as;
akrirah—Akrira; jayanta—Jayanta; gada—Gada; sdranah—Sarana; adsate—
are they wall; kusalam—in happiness; kaccit—whether; ye—they; ca—also;
Satrujit—Satrujit; adayah—headed by; kaccit—whether; aste—are they;
sukham—all right; ramah—Balarama; bhagavan—the Personality of God-
head; satvatam—of the devotees; prabhuh—protector.

TRANSLATION

Ugrasena’s sons, Kamsa and his younger brother Devaka, are still living.
Is Ugrasena happy? Are Hrdika and sons, Krtavarma, Akrira, Jayanta,
Gada, Sarana and Satrujit, all happy? How is Balarama, the Personality of
Godhead and the protector of devotees?

PURPORT

Hastinapura, the capital of the Pandavas, was situated somewhere near
present New Delhi, and the kingdom of Ugrasena was situated in Mathura.
While returning to Delhi from Dvaraka, Arjuna must have visited the city
of Mathura, and therefore the inquiry about the King of Mathura is valid.
Amongst various names of the relatives, the name of Rama or Balarama,
eldest brother of Lord Krsna, is added with the word Personality of
Godhead because Lord Balarama is the immediate expansion of Visnu-
tattva as prakasa-vigraha of Lord Krsna. The Supreme Lord, although one
without a second, expands Himself as many other living beings. The Visnu-
tattva living beings are expansions of the Supreme Lord, and all of them are
qualitatively and quantitatively equal with the Lord. But expansions of
the jiva-sakti, the category of the ordinary living beings, are not at all equal
with the Lord. One who considers the jiva-sakti and the Visnu-tattva to be
on an equal level is considered a condemned soul of the world. Sri Rama
or Balarama is the protector of the devotees of the Lord. Baladeva acts as
the spiritual master of all devotees, and by His causeless mercy the fallen
souls are delivered. Sri Baladeva appeared as Sri Nityananda Prabhu during
the advent of Lord Caitanya, and the great Lord Nityananda Prabhu
exhibited His causeless mercy by delivering a pair of extremely fallen
