Text 24] The Doorkeepers Cursed by the Sages 661
tat te ‘nabhistam iva sattva-nidher vidhitsoh
ksemam janaya nija-saktibhir uddhrtareh
naitavata tryadhipater bata visva-bhartus
tejah ksatam tv avanatasya sa te vinodah
tat—that destruction of the path of auspiciousness; te—by You;
anabhistam—is not liked; iva—as; sattva-nidheh—the reservoir of all good-
ness; vidhitsoh—desiring to do; ksemam—good; janaya—for the people in
general; nija-saktibhih—by Your own potencies; uddhrta—destroyed;
areh—the opposite element; na—not; etavata—by this; tryadhipateh—of
the proprietor of the three kinds of creations; bata—O Lord; visva-bhartuh—
the maintainer of the universe; tejah—potency; ksatam—reduced; tu—but;
avanatasya—submissive; sah—that; te—Y our; vinodah—pleasure.
TRANSLATION
Dear Lord, You never want the auspicious path to be destroyed because
You are the reservoir of all goodness, Just to benefit people in general,
You destroy the evil element by Your mighty potency. You are the
proprietor of the three creations and the maintainer of the entire
universe. Therefore Your potency is not reduced by Your submissive
behavior. Rather, by submission You exhibit Your transcendental
pastimes.
PURPORT
Lord Krsna was never reduced in His position by becoming a cowherd
boy or by offering respect to Sudama Brahmana or to His other devotees
like Nanda Maharaja, Vasudeva, Maharaja Yudhisthira and the Pandavas’
mother, Kunti. Everyone knew that He was the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, Krsna, yet His behavior was exemplary. The Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead is sac-cid-ananda-vigraha; His form is completely
spiritual, full of bliss and knowledge, and it is eternal. Because the living
entities are His parts and parcels, originally they also belong to the same
quality of eternal form as the Lord, but when they come in contact with
maya, the material potency, due to their forgetfulness their existential
constitution is covered. We should try to understand the appearance of
Lord Krsna in this spirit, as the Kumaras pray to Him. He is eternally a
cowherd boy at Vrndavana, He is eternally the leader of the Battle of
Kuruksetra, and He is eternally the opulent prince of Dvaraka and the
lover of the damsels of Vrndavana; all His appearances are meaningful
because they show His real characteristics to the conditioned souls
who have forgotten their relationship with the Supreme Lord. He does
