Text 20] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 103
name, fame and influence, He is exactly like Narayana. You should
all raise this child very carefully and cautiously.

PURPORT

In this verse, the word naéraéyana-samah is significant. Narayana has
no equal. He is asamaurdhva: no one is equal to Him, and no one is
greater than He is. As stated in Sdstra:
yas tu naéréyanam devam
brahma-rudrddi-daivataih
samatvenaiva vikseta
sa pdsandi bhaved dhruvam

One who equates Narayana even with great exalted demigods like Lord
Siva or Lord Brahma is a pdsandi, an agnostic. No one can equal
Narayana. Nonetheless, Gargamuni used the word sama, meaning
“equal,” because he wanted to treat Krsna as the Supreme Personality of
Godhead who had become Nanda Maharaja’s son. Gargamuni wanted to
impress upon the mind of Nanda Maharaja, “Your worshipable Deity,
Narayana, is so pleased with you that He has sent you a son almost equal
to Him in qualifications. Therefore you may designate your son with a
similar name, such as Mukunda or Madhusidana. But you must always
remember that whenever you want to do something very good, there will
be many hindrances. Therefore you should raise and protect this child
with great care. If you can protect this child very cautiously, as Narayana
always protects you, the child will be as good as Narayana.”’ Gargamuni
also indicated that although the child was exaltedly qualified like
Narayana, He would enjoy more than Narayana as rdsa-vihdri, the
central enjoyer of the rdsa dance. As stated in the Brahma-samhitd,
laksmi-sahasra-sata-sambhrama-sevyamanam: He would be served by
many gopis, who would all be as good as the goddess of fortune.

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