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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.9
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 9
- yadā ca pārtha-prahitaḥ sabhāyāṁ
- jagad-gurur yāni jagāda kṛṣṇaḥ
- na tāni puṁsām amṛtāyanāni
- rājoru mene kṣata-puṇya-leśaḥ
yadāwhen — when; caalso — also; pārthabeing advised by Arjuna-prahitaḥbeing advised by Arjuna — being advised by Arjuna; sabhāyāmin the assembly — in the assembly; jagatteacher of the world-guruḥteacher of the world — teacher of the world; yānithose — those; jagādawent — went; kṛṣṇaḥLord Kṛṣṇa — Lord Kṛṣṇa; nanever — never; tānisuch words — such words; puṁsāmof all men of sense — of all men of sense; amṛtaas good as nectar-ayanānias good as nectar — as good as nectar; rājāthe King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Duryodhana) — the King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Duryodhana); uruvery important — very important; menedid consider — did consider; kṣatadwindling — dwindling; puṇyafragment of pious acts-leśaḥfragment of pious acts — fragment of pious acts.
Lord Kṛṣṇa was sent by Arjuna into the assembly as the spiritual master of the whole world, and although His words were heard by some [like Bhīṣma] as pure nectar, it was not so for the others, who were completely bereft of the last farthing of past pious works. The King [Dhṛtarāṣṭra or Duryodhana] did not take the words of Lord Kṛṣṇa very seriously.
Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the spiritual master of the entire universe, accepted the duty of a messenger, and, deputed by Arjuna, went to the assembly of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra on a peace mission. Kṛṣṇa is everyone's Lord, yet because He was the transcendental friend of Arjuna, He gladly accepted the role of messenger, exactly like an ordinary friend. That is the beauty of the Lord's behavior with His pure devotees. He reached the assembly and spoke about peace, and the message was relished by Bhīṣma and other great leaders because it was spoken by the Lord Himself. But due to the exhaustion of the pious results of their past deeds, Duryodhana, or his father, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, did not take the message very seriously. That is the way of persons who have no credit of pious deeds. By past pious deeds, one may become the king of a country, but because the results of the pious acts of Duryodhana and company were dwindling, it became evident from their actions that they were sure to lose the kingdom to the Pāṇḍavas. The message of Godhead is always like nectar to the devotees, but it is just the opposite to the nondevotees. Sugar candy is always sweet to a healthy man, but it tastes very bitter to persons suffering from jaundice.