192 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4
namo namas te’stv rsabhaya satvatam
vidiira-kasthaya muhuh ku-yoginam
nirasta-simyatisayena radhasa
sva-dhdmani brahmani ramsyate namah
_ namah namas te—let me offer my obeisances unto You; astu—are;
rsabhadya—unto the great associate; satuatam—of the members of the Yadu
dynasty ; vidiira-kdsthaya—one who is far from mundane wranglers; muhuh
—always; ku-yogindm—of the nondevotees; nirasta—vanquished; samya—
equal status; atisayena—by greatness; radhasd—by opulence; sva-dhamani—
in His own abode; brahmani—in the spiritual sky; ramsyate—enjoys; namah
—I do bow down.
TRANSLATION

Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Him who is the associate
of the members of the Yadu dynasty and who is always a problem for the
nondevotees. He is the supreme enjoyer of both the material and spiritual
worlds, yet He enjoys His own abode in the spiritual sky. There is no one

equal to Him because His transcendental opulence is immeasurable.

PURPORT

There are two sides of the transcendental manifestations of the Supreme
Lord, Sri Krsna. For the pure devotees He is the constant companion, as
in the case of His becoming one of the family members of the Yadu
dynasty, or His becoming the friend of Arjuna, or His becoming the
associate neighbor of the inhabitants of Vrndavana, as the son of Nanda-
Yagoda, the friend of Sudama, Sridama and Madhumangala, or the lover of
the damsels of Vrajabhiimi, etc. That is part of His personal features. And
by His impersonal feature He expands the rays of the brahmajyoti, which
is limitless and all-pervasive. Part of this all-pervasive brahmajyoti, which
is compared with the sun rays, is covered by the darkness of mahat-tattva,
and this insignificant part is known as the material world. In this material
world there are innumerable universes like the one we can experience, and
in each of them there are hundreds of thousands of planets like the one
we are inhabiting. The mundaners are more or less captivated by the
unlimited expansion of the rays of the Lord, but the devotees are con-
cerned more with His personal form, from which everything is emanating
(janmady asya yatah). As the sun rays are concentrated in the sun disc, so
