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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.20
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 20
- yaṁ manyase mātuleyaṁ
- priyaṁ mitraṁ suhṛttamam
- akaroḥ sacivaṁ dūtaṁ
- sauhṛdād atha sārathim
yamthe person — the person; manyaseyou think — you think; mātuleyammaternal cousin — maternal cousin; priyamvery dear — very dear; mitramfriend — friend; suhṛtardent well-wisher-tamamardent well-wisher — ardent well-wisher; akaroḥexecuted — executed; sacivamcounsel — counsel; dūtammessenger — messenger; sauhṛdātby good will — by good will; athathereupon — thereupon; sārathimcharioteer — charioteer.
O King, that personality whom, out of ignorance only, you thought to be your maternal cousin, your very dear friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., is that very Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa.
Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, although acting as the cousin, brother, friend, well-wisher, counselor, messenger, benefactor, etc., of the Pāṇḍavas, was still the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Out of His causeless mercy and favor upon His unalloyed devotees, He performs all kinds of service, but that does not mean that He has changed His position as the Absolute Person. To think of Him as an ordinary man is the grossest type of ignorance.