Text 25] The Meeting of Nanda Maharaja and Vasudeva 341
one is present in this world, to meet with intimate friends and dear
relatives in this material world is extremely difficult.
PURPORT
Vasudeva had been imprisoned by Karnsa, and therefore, although
present in Mathura, he was unable to see Nanda Maharaja for many
years. Therefore when they met again, Vasudeva considered this meeting
to be another birth.
TEXT 25
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MIA Maat Garat AeA FAT (RAI
naikatra priya-sarhvdsah
suhrdam citra-karmanaém
oghena vyiihyamaénanam
plavandm srotaso yatha
na—not; ekatra—in one place; priya-samvdsah—living together with
dear friends and relatives; suhrdam—of friends; citra-karmanaém—of
all of us who have had varieties of reactions to our past karma; oghena—
by the force; vyihyamdnadndm—carried away; plavandm—of sticks and
other objects floating in the water; srotasah—of the waves; yathd—as.
TRANSLATION
Many planks and sticks, unable to stay together, are carried away
by the force of a river’s waves. Similarly, although we are in-
timately related with friends and family members, we are unable to
stay together because of our varied past deeds and the waves of
time.
PURPORT
Vasudeva was lamenting because he and Nanda Maharaja could not
live together. Yet how could they live together? Vasudeva warns that all
of us, even if intimately related, are carried away by the waves of time
according to the results of past karma.
