Text 26] Questions by Vidura 27
TEXT 26
afr gen aaa
graze = faeerretari
TANT sei: Fad fag
BT FAS TTA REM
kaccit puranau purusau svanabhya-
padmanuurttyeha kilavatirnau
asata urvyah kusalam vidhaya
krtaksanau kusalam sura-gehe
kaccit—whether; puranau—the original; purusau—Personalities of God-
head (Krsna and Balarama); svanabhya—Brahma; padma-anuurttyeha—by
the request of the one who is born from the lotus; kile—certainly;
avatirnau—incarnated; asate—are; urvyah—in the world; kusalam—well-
being; vidhaya—for doing so; krtaksanau—the elevators of everyone’s
prosperity ; kusalam—all well; sura-gehe—in the house of Surasena.
TRANSLATION
[Please tell me] whether the original Personalities of Godhead, who
incarnated Themselves at the request of Brahma [who is born out of the
lotus flower from the Lord] and who have increased the prosperity of
the world by elevating everyone, are doing well in the house of Surasena.
PURPORT
Lord Krsna and Balarama are not two different Personalities of God-
head. God is one without a second, but He expands Himself in many
forms without their being separate from one another. They are all plenary
expansions. The immediate expansion of Lord Krsna is Baladeva, and
Brahma, born from the lotus flower from Garbhodakasayi Visnu, is an
expansion of Baladeva. This indicates that Krsna and Baladeva are not
subjected to the regulations of the universe; on the contrary, the whole
universe is under Their subjugation. They appeared at the request of
Brahma to liberate the burden of the world, and They relieved the world
by many superhuman activities so that everyone became happy and pros-
perous. Without the grace of the Lord, no one can become happy and
prosperous. Because the happiness of the family of devotees of the Lord
