42 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 1

TRANSLATION

[Maitryea said:] O Vidura, thus the demigods worshiped with prayers
the Supreme Personality of Godhead appearing as the sage Nara-Narayana,
and the Lord glanced upon them with mercy and then departed for
Gandhamadana Hill.

TEXT 59

afaat & anadt etiafiern |
ATA FAT: Sul WHET URI

tav imau vai bhagavato
harer amsav thagatau

bhara-vyayaya ca bhuvah
krsnau yadu-kuridvahau

tau—both; imau—these; vai—certainly; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; hareh—of Hari; amsau—part and parcel expansion;
iha—here (in this universe); @gatau—has appeared; bhara-vyayaya—for miti-
gation of the burden; ca—and; bhuvah—of the world; krsnau—the two
Krsnas (Krsna and Arjuna); yadu-kuru-udvahau—who are the best of the
Yadu and Kuru dynasties respectively.

TRANSLATION

That Nara-Narayana Rsi, who is a partial expansion of Krsna, has now
appeared in the dynasties of Yadu and Kuru, in the forms of Krsna and
Arjuna respectively, in order to mitigate the burden of the world.

PURPORT

Narayana is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Nara is a part of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead Narayana. Thus the energy and the
energetic together are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Maitreya
informed Vidura that Nara, the portion of Narayana, had appeared in the
family of the Kurus and that Narayana, the plenary expansion of Krsna,
had come as Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with the purpose
of delivering the suffering humanity from the pangs of material burdens.
