166 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 9

Brahma and Lord Siva, the goddess of fortune, Laksmi, is the Lord’s con-
stant companion in service, since she always associates with His body.
But even she could not get such mercy. Therefore Maharaja Pariksit was
surprised, thinking, ““What did mother Yasoda and Nanda Maharaja do
in their previous lives by which they got such a great opportunity, the
opportunity to be the affectionate father and mother of Krsna?”

In this verse there are three negative pronouncements—na, na, na.
When anything is uttered three times—‘“‘do it, do it, do it” —one should
understand that this is meant to indicate great stress on a fact. In this
verse, we find na lebhire, na lebhire, na lebhire. Yet mother YaSoda is in
the supermost exalted position, and thus Krsna has become completely
subordinate to her.

The word vimuktidat is also significant. There are different types of
liberation, such as sdyujya, sdlokya, sdriipya, sdrsti and samipya, but
vimukti means “‘special mukti.”” When after liberation one is situated on
the platform of prema-bhakti, one is said to have achieved vimukti,

“special mukti.” Therefore the word na is mentioned. That exalted plat-
form of prema is described by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as prema
pum-artho mahan, and mother Yasoda naturally acts in such an exalted
position in loving affairs. She is therefore a nitya-siddha devotee, an ex-
pansion of Krsna’s hlddini potency, His potency to enjoy transcendental
bliss through expansions who are special devotees (Gnanda-cinmaya-
rasa-pratibhavitabhih). Such devotees are not sddhana-siddha.

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ndyam sukhapo bhagavan
dehindm gopikd-sutah
Jhaninam cétma-bhitanam
yatha bhaktimatam iha
na—not; ayam—this; sukha-dpah—very easily obtainable, or an ob-

ject of happiness; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
dehinaém —of persons in the bodily concept of life, especially the karmis;
