226 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9
samsevaya surataror iva te prasadah
sevdnurtipam udayo na pardvaratvam

na—not; esé—this; para-avara—of higher or lower; matih—such
discrimination; bhavatah—of Your Lordship; nanu—indeed; syat—
there can be; jantoh—of ordinary living entities; yatha—as; dtma-
suhrdah—of one who is the friend; jagatah—of the whole material
world; tathapi—but still (there is such a demonstration of intimacy or
difference); sarnsevayd—according to the degree of service rendered by
the devotee; surataroh iva—like that of the desire tree in Vaikunthaloka
(which offers fruits according to the desire of the devotee); te— Your;
prasadah—benediction or blessing; seva-anurtiipam—according to the
category of service one renders to the Lord; udayah—manifestation;
na—not; para-avaratvam—discrimination due to higher or lower levels.

TRANSLATION

Unlike an ordinary living entity, my Lord, You do not discrimi-
nate between friends and enemies, the favorable and the unfavora-
ble, because for You there is no conception of higher and lower.
Nonetheless, You offer Your benedictions according to the level of
one’s service, exactly as a desire tree delivers fruits according to
one’s desires and makes no distinction between the lower and the
higher.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (4.11) the Lord clearly says, ye yatha mam
prapadyante tams tathaiva bhajamy aham: “As one surrenders to Me, I
reward him accordingly.” As stated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, jivera
‘svariipa’ haya—krsnera ‘nitya-dasa’: every living being is an eternal
servant of Krsna. According to the service the living entity renders, he
automatically receives benedictions from Krsna, who does not make dis-
tinctions, thinking, “Here is a person in an intimate relationship with
Me, and here is a person I dislike.” Krsna advises everyone to surrender
to Him (sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja). One’s
relationship with the Supreme Lord is in proportion to that surrender
and the service one renders unto the Lord. Thus throughout the entire
world the higher or lower positions of the living entities are selected by
the living entities themselves. If one is inclined to dictate that the Lord
