Text 31] Questions by Vidura 31
the womb of the wife of Lord Siva, and now he has been born in the womb
of Jambavati, the most enriched wife of Krsna.
PURPORT
Lord Siva, one of the three qualitative incarnations of the Personality of
Godhead, is the plenary expansion of the Lord. Karttikeya, born of him, is
on the level of Pradyumna, another son of Lord Krsna. When Lord Sri
Krsna descends into the material world, all His plenary portions also
appear with Him to exhibit different functions of the Lord. But for the
pastimes at Vrndavana, all functions are performed by the Lord’s dif-
ferent plenary expansions. Vasudeva is a plenary expansion of Narayana.
When the Lord appeared as Vasudeva before Devaki and Vasudeva, He
appeared in His capacity as Narayana. Similarly, all the demigods of the
heavenly kingdom appeared as associates of the Lord in the forms of
Pradyumna, Samba, Uddhava, ete. It is learned here that Kamadeva
appeared as Pradyumna, Karttikeya as Samba, and one of the Vasus as
Uddhava. All of them served in their different capacities in order to enrich
the pastimes of Krsna.
TEXT 31
ai a ataqaa oe
T WATTS: |
SAswarTMTaws
afd adtat afsfegermy 11321
ksemam sa kaccid yuyudhana aste
yah phalgunal labdha-dhanu-rahasyah
lebhe ‘iijasadhoksaja-sevayaiva
gatim tadtyam yatibhir durapam
ksemam—all good; sah—he; kaccit— whether; yuyudhanah—Saty aki;aste—

is there; yah—one who; phalgunat—from Arjuna; labdha—achieved; dhanu-
rahasyah—one who understands the intricacies of military art; lebhe—
also achieved; afjasa—summarily; adhoksaja—transcendence; sevaya—by
service; eva—certainly; gatim—destination; tadtyam—transcendental; yati-
bhih—by great renouncers; durapam—very difficult to achieve.
