Text 4] The Pandavas Retire Timely 771
TRANSLATION

With great difficulty he checked the tears of grief that smeared his
eyes. He was very distressed because Lord Krsna was out of his sight, and
he increasingly felt affection for Him.

TEXT 4

aed Rat ated waranty aa |
Trier ange fii il

sakhyam maitrim sauhrdam ca
sarathyadisu samsmaran

nrpam agrajam ity aha
baspa-gadgadaya gira

sakhyam—well-wishing; maitrim—benediction; sauhrdam—intimately re-
lated; ca—also; sarathi-adisu—in becoming the chariot driver; samsmaran
—remembering all these; nrpam—unto the King; agrajam—the eldest bro-
ther; iti—thus; aha—said; baspa—heavily breathing; gadgadaya—overwhelm-
ingly ; gira—by speeches.

TRANSLATION

Remembering Lord Krsna and His well wishes, benefactions, intimate
familial relations and His chariot driving, Arjuna, overwhelmed and
breathing very heavily, began to speak.

PURPORT

_ The Supreme Living Being is perfect in all relations with His pure
devotee. Sri Arjuna is one of the typical pure devotees of the Lord
reciprocating in the fraternal relationship, and the Lord’s dealings with
Arjuna are displays of friendship of the highest perfect order. He was not
only a well-wisher of Arjuna, but also He was actually a benefactor, and to
make it still more perfect the Lord tied him into a family relationship by
arranging Subhadra’s marriage with him. And above all, the Lord agreed to
become a chariot driver of Arjuna in order to protect His friend from
warfare risks, and the Lord became actually happy when He established
