Text 20] Remembrance of Lord Krsna 73
transcendental body of the Lord. The Lord was merciful even to His
enemy, and the success of the King of Cedi was observed by everyone who
was present in the assembly. Vidura was also present there, and therefore
Uddhava referred the incident to his memory.
TEXT 20
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T MET HUTA |
at fat aenfinni
qrarata: TATA URoll
tathaiva canye nara-loka-vira
ya ahave krsna-mukharavindam
netraih pibanto nayanabhiramam
parthastra-putah padam apur asya
tatha—as also; eva ca—and certainly; anye—others; nara-loka—human
society ; virah—fighter; ye—those; ahave—on the battlefield (of Kuruksetra);
krsna—Lord Krsiia’s; mukha-aravindam—face like a lotus flower; netraih—
with the eyes; pibantah—while seeing; nayana-abhiraman—very pleasing to
the eyes; partha—Arjuna; astra-putah—purified; padam—abode; apuh—
achieved; asya—of Him.
TRANSLATION
Certainly others who were fighters on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
were purified by the onslaught of Arjuna’s arrows, and while seeing the
lotuslike face of Krsna, so pleasing to the eyes, they achieved the abode
of the Lord.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna, appears in this
world for two missionary purposes: to deliver the faithful, and to
annihilate the miscreants. But because the Lord is absolute, His two
different kinds of actions, although apparently different, are ultimately
one and the same. His annihilation of a person like Sisupala is as
auspicious as His actions for the protection of the faithful. All the
warriors who fought against Arjuna but who were able to see the lotus-
like face of the Lord on the battlefront achieved the abode of the Lord,
exactly as the devotees of the lord do. The words “pleasing to the eyes
of the seer” are very significant. When the warriors from the other side of
