Text 26] The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone 33

when the soul becomes completely pure, the Lord takes him back to
Godhead.

TEXT 26

TMU FAM AI T |
MAMA A FTI HATATA TAF_UREM

tasméd vairdnubandhena
nirvairena bhayena va

snehat kdmena vd yurijyat
kathaficin neksate prthak

tasmaét—therefore; vaira-anubandhena—by constant enmity; nir-
vairena—by devotion; bhayena—by fear; va—or; snehat—from affec-
tion; kdmena—by lusty desires; va—or; yurijyat—one should concen-
trate; katharicit—somehow or other; na—not; iksate—sees; prthak—
something else.

TRANSLATION

Therefore by enmity or by devotional service, by fear, by affec-
tion or by lusty desire—by all of these or any one of them—if a
conditioned soul somehow or other concentrates his mind upon

the Lord, the result is the same, for the Lord, because of His
blissful position, is never affected by enmity or friendship.

PURPORT

From this verse one should not conclude that because Krsna is
unaffected by favorable prayers or unfavorable blasphemy one should
therefore blaspheme the Supreme Lord. This is not the regulative prin-
ciple. Bhakti-yoga means Gnukitlyena krsnanusilanam: one should serve
Krsna very favorably. This is the real injunction. Here it is said that al-
though an enemy thinks of Krsna unfavorably, the Lord is unaffected by
such antidevotional service. Thus He offers His benedictions even to Sis-
upala and similarly inimical conditioned souls. This does not mean,
however, that one should be inimical toward the Lord. The stress is given
to the favorable execution of devotional service, not purposeful
blasphemy of the Lord. It is said:
