242 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 6

astv evam anga bhagavan bhajatarh mukundo
muktimn dadati karhicit sma na bhakti-yogam

rajan—O my dear King; patih—maintainer: guruh—spiritual
master; alam—certainly; bhavatam—of you: yadiinaém—the Yadu
dynasty: daivam—the worshipable Deity: priyah—very dear friend;
kula-patih—the master of the dynasty: kva ca—sometimes even;
kinkarah—servant; vah—of you (the Pandavas); astu—to be sure:
evam—thus; anga—O King; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; bhajatam—of those devotees engaged in service: mukun-
dah—the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead: muktim—libera-
tion: dadati—delivers: karhicit—at any time: sma—indeed; na—not;
bhakti-yogam—loving devotional service.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, the Supreme Per-
son, Mukunda, is actually the maintainer of all the members of the
Pandava and Yadu dynasties. He is your spiritual master, worshipa-
ble Deity, friend, and the director of your activities. To say
nothing of this, He sometimes serves your family as a messenger
or servant. This means He worked just as ordinary servants do.
Those engaged in getting the Lord’s favor attain liberation from
the Lord very easily, but He does not very easily give the oppor-
tunity to render direct service unto Him.

PURPORT

While instructing Maharaja Pariksit, Sukadeva Gosvami thought it
wise to encourage the King because the King might be thinking of the
glorious position of various royal dynasties. Especially glorious is the
dynasty of Priyavrata, in which the Supreme Lord Rsabhadeva incar-
nated. Similarly. the family of Uttanapada Maharaja, the father of
Maharaja Dhruva, is also glorious due to King Prthu’s taking birth in it.
The dynasty of Maharaja Raghu is glorified because Lord Ramacandra
appeared in that family. As far as the Yadu and Kuru dynasties are con-
cerned, they existed simultaneously, but of the two, the Yadu dynasty
was more glorious due to the appearance of Lord Krsna. Maharaja
