Text 49] Lord Krsna Shows the Universal Form 137

Jatayor nau mahddeve
bhuvi visvesvare harau

bhaktih syat parama loke
yayanjo durgatim taret

jatayoh—after we two have taken birth; nau—both husband and
wife, Drona and Dharaé; mahddeve—in the Supreme Person, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhuvi—on the earth; visva-isvare —in
the master of all the planetary systems; harau—in the Supreme Lord;
bhaktih—devotional service; sydt—will be spread; paramaé—the ulti-
mate goal of life; loke—in the world; yaya—by which; afjah—very
easily; durgatim—miserable life; taret—one can avoid and be delivered.

TRANSLATION

Drona and Dhara said: Please permit us to be born on the planet
earth so that after our appearance, the Supreme Lord, the Per-
sonality of Godhead, the supreme controller and master of all
planets, will also appear and spread devotional service, the ulti-
mate goal of life, so that those born in this material world may very
easily be delivered from the miserable condition of materialistic
life by accepting this devotional service.

PURPORT

This statement by Drona clearly indicates that Drona and Dhara are
the eternal father and mother of Krsna. Whenever there is a necessity of
Krsna’s appearance, Drona and Dhara appear first, and then Krsna ap-
pears. Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita that His birth is not ordinary (janma
karma ca me divyam).

ajo ’pi sann avyayatma
bhiitanam isvaro ’pi san

prakrtim svam adhisthaya
sambhavamy dtma-mayaya

“Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates,
and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every
