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 "ham Sadhi mam tvam 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 Wa ane saraaizat
e AN
wd frat aeqrarratiray |
TaTATAT A Alaa Tas UWoll
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-
