4 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 10

sometimes He even acted as their servant by carrying a letter from the
Pandavas to Dhrtarastra and Duryodhana. Because Krsna was the well-.
wisher of the Pandavas, He also acted as guru by becoming the spiritual
master of Arjuna. Arjuna accepted Krsna as his spiritual master (Sisyas
te *harh sadhi mam tvém prapannam), and Krsna sometimes chastised
him. For example, the Lord said, asocyadn anvasocas tvam prajfa-
vadams ca bhasase: ““While speaking learned words, you are mourning
for what is not worthy of grief.”” The Lord also said, kutas tua kasmalam
idarn visame samupasthitam: “‘My dear Arjuna, how have these im-
purities come upon you?” Such was the intimate relationship between
the Pandavas and Krsna. In the same way, a pure devotee of the Lord is
always with Krsna through thick and thin; his way of life is Krsna. This
is the statement of the authority Sri Narada Muni.

TEXT 50

qa We aa waTTeat
et frat aeqaarvatinery |
wat | waa fara:
TaAAT A Aterat Tas Woll

na yasya saksdd bhava-padmajadibhi
ripam dhiyda vastutayopavarnitam

maunena bhaktyopasamena pijitah
prasidatam esa sa satvatarn patih

na—not; yasya—of whom; saksat—directly; bhava—Lord Siva;
padma-ja—Lord Brahma (born from the lotus); ddibhih—by them and
others also; ripam—the form; dhiya—even by meditation; vastutaya —
fundamentally; upavarnitam—described and perceived; maunena—by
samadhi, deep meditation; bhaktya—by devotional _ service;
upasamena—by renunciation; pijitah—worshiped; prasidatam—may
He be pleased; esah—this; sah—He; sadtvatam—of the great devotees;

patih—the master.
TRANSLATION

Exalted persons like Lord Siva and Lord Brahma could not
properly describe the truth of the Supreme Personality of God-
