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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.19.16
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 16
- punaś ca bhūyād bhagavaty anante
- ratiḥ prasaṅgaś ca tad-āśrayeṣu
- mahatsu yāṁ yām upayāmi sṛṣṭiṁ
- maitry astu sarvatra namo dvijebhyaḥ
punaḥagain — again; caand — and; bhūyātlet it be — let it be; bhagavatiunto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa — unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; anantewho has unlimited potency — who has unlimited potency; ratiḥattracting — attracting; prasaṅgaḥassociation — association; caalso — also; tatHis — His; āśrayeṣuwith those who are His devotees — with those who are His devotees; mahatsuwithin the material creation — within the material creation; yāmwherever yāmwherever — wherever; upayāmiI may take — I may take; sṛṣṭimmy birth — my birth; maitrīfriendly relation — friendly relation; astulet it be — let it be; sarvatraeverywhere — everywhere; namaḥmy obeisances — my obeisances; dvijebhyaḥunto the brāhmaṇas — unto the brāhmaṇas.
Again, offering obeisances unto all you brāhmaṇas, I pray that if I should again take my birth in the material world I will have complete attachment to the unlimited Lord Kṛṣṇa, association with His devotees and friendly relations with all living beings.
That a devotee of the Lord is the only perfect living being is explained herein by Mahārāja Parīkṣit. A devotee of the Lord is no one's enemy, although there may be many enemies of a devotee. A devotee of the Lord does not like to associate with nondevotees, although he has no enmity with them. He desires association with the devotees of the Lord. This is perfectly natural because birds of the same feather mix together. And the most important function of a devotee is to have complete attachment for Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the father of all living beings. As a good son of the father behaves in a friendly way with all his other brothers, so also the devotee of the Lord, being a good son of the supreme father, Lord Kṛṣṇa, sees all other living beings in relation with the supreme father. He tries to bring back the upstart sons of the father to a saner stage and to get them to accept the supreme fatherhood of God. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was certainly going back to Godhead, but even if he were not to go back, he prayed for a pattern of life which is the most perfect way in the material world. A pure devotee does not desire the company of a personality as great as Brahmā, but he prefers the association of a petty living being, provided he is a devotee of the Lord.