274. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 19

PURPORT

In this verse the words tato ’si bhagavan prabhuh mean “Therefore
You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of everyone.”
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is endowed with all six opulences
in full, and moreover He is extremely kind to His devotee. Although He
is full in Himself, He nonetheless wants all the living entities to sur-
render unto Him so that they may engage in His service. Thus He be-
comes satisfied. Although He is full in Himself, He nonetheless becomes
pleased when His devotee offers Him patram puspam phalam toyam—a
leaf, flower, fruit or water—in devotion. Sometimes the Lord, as the
child of mother Yasoda, requests His devotee for some food, as if He were
very hungry. Sometimes He tells His devotee in a dream that His temple
and His garden are now very old and that He cannot enjoy them very
nicely. Thus He requests the devotee to repair them. Sometimes He is
buried in the earth, and as if unable to come out Himself, He requests
His devotee to rescue Him. Sometimes He requests His devotee to preach
His glories all over the world, although He alone is quite competent to
perform this task. Even though the Supreme Personality of Godhead is
endowed with all possessions and is self-sufficient, He depends on His
devotees. Therefore the relationship of the Lord with His devotees is ex-
tremely confidential. Only the devotee can perceive how the Lord, al-
though full in Himself, depends on His devotee for some particular
work. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita (11.33), where the Lord tells
Arjuna, nimitta-mdatram bhava savyasdcin: ““O Arjuna, merely be an in-
strument in the fight.”” Lord Krsna had the competence to win the Battle
of Kuruksetra, but nonetheless He induced His devotee Arjuna to fight
and become the cause of victory. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was quite
competent enough to spread His name and mission all over the world, but
still He depended upon His devotee to do this work. Considering all these
points, the most important aspect of the Supreme Lord’s self-sufficiency
is that He depends on His devotees. This is called His causeless mercy.
The devotee who has perceived this causeless mercy of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead by realization can understand the master and the
servant.

TEXT 6

freyafe Fea ReTTET SAT |
Sag A MN StaaaaseT 3 11 & 11
