Text 23] Remembrance of Lord Krsna 77

mother Yasoda, and His naughty dealings with His young girl friends
cannot bewilder a pure devotee like Uddhava. Others, who are not devo-
tees, are bewildered by such behavior of the Lord, who acted just like a
human being. This bewilderment is explained by the Lord Himself in the
Bhagavad-gita as follows:

avajananti mam mudha
manusim tanum asritam
param bhavam ajananti
mama bhuta-mahesvaram (Bg. 9.11)

Persons with a poor fund of knowledge belittle the Personality of God-
head, Lord Krsna, not knowing His exalted position as the Lord of every-
thing. In Bhagavad-gita the Lord has explained His position clearly, but
the demoniac atheistic student squeezes out an interpretation to
suit his own purpose and misleads unfortunate followers into the same
mentality. Such unfortunate persons merely pick up some slogans from
the great book of knowledge, but are unable to estimate the Lord as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Pure devotees like Uddhava, however,
are never misled by such atheistic opportunists.

TEXT 23

wa wat dt wage
Sia tcateaeneie |
ea afe apghrat aaised
SW TS BH AAW NR

aho baki yam stana-kala-kutam
jighamsayapayayad apy asadhvi

lebhe gatim dhatryucitam tato ’nyam
kam va dayalum saranam vrajema

aho—alas; baki—the she-demon (Piitana); yam—whom; stana—breast;
kala—dead; kutam— poison; jighamsaya—out of envy; apayayat— nourished;
api—although; asadhvi—unfaithful; lebhe—achieved; gatim— destination;
dhatryucitam—just suitable for the nurse; tatah—beyond whom; anyam—
other; kam—who else; va—certainly; dayalum—merciful; saranam—shelter;
vrajema—shall | take.
