288 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10
TEXT 6
HE ABARTH F APTTNAT: |
ATIATTA = THA TBATATT UN GI
aham tv akaémas tvad-bhaktas
tvam ca svamy anapasrayah
nanyathehavayor artho
raja-sevakayor iva

aham—as far as I am concerned; tu—indeed; akamah—without ma-
terial desire; tvat-bhaktah—fully attached to You without motivation;
tvam ca—Your Lordship also; suaémi—the real master; anapdasrayah—
without motivation (You do not become the master with motivation);
na—not; anyatha—without being in such a relationship as master and
servant; iha—here; dvayoh—our; arthah—any motivation (the Lord is
the pure master, and Prahlada Maharaja is the pure devotee with no ma-
terialistic motivation); réja—of a king; sevakayoh—and the servitor;
iva—like (just as a king exacts taxes for the benefit of the servant or the
citizens pay taxes for the benefit of the king).

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, I am Your unmotivated servant, and You are my
eternal master. There is no need of our being anything other than
master and servant. You are naturally my master, and I am
naturally Your servant. We have no other relationship.

PURPORT

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, jivera ‘svartipa’ haya—krsnera ‘nitya-
dasa’: every living being is eternally a servant of the Supreme Lord,
Krsna. Lord Krsna says in Bhagavad-gita (5.29), bhoktaram yujna-
tapasam sarva-loka-mahesvaram: “I am the proprietor of all planets,
and I am the supreme enjoyer.” This is the natural position of the Lord,
and the natural position of the living being is to surrender unto Him
(sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekarh Saranam vraja). If this relation-
ship continues, then real happiness exists eternally between the master
and servant. Unfortunately, when this eternal relationship is disturbed,
