The Supreme Lord Is Equal to Everyone

Verse 34 (SB 7.1.34)

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SB 7.1.34 • मूल श्लोक

श्रीयुधिष्ठिर उवाच कीद‍ृश: कस्य वा शापो हरिदासाभिमर्शन: । अश्रद्धेय इवाभाति हरेरेकान्तिनां भव: ॥ ३४ ॥

Transliteration

śrī-yudhiṣṭhira uvāca kīdṛśaḥ kasya vā śāpo hari-dāsābhimarśanaḥ aśraddheya ivābhāti harer ekāntināṁ bhavaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

śrī-yudhiṣṭhiraḥ uvāca — Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira said; kīdṛśaḥ — what kind of; kasya — whose; vā — or; śāpaḥ — curse; hari-dāsa — the servant of Hari; abhimarśanaḥ — overcoming; aśraddheyaḥ — incredible; iva — as if; ābhāti — appears; hareḥ — of Hari; ekāntinām — of those exclusively devoted as exalted attendants; bhavaḥ — birth.

Translation

“Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira inquired: What kind of great curse could affect even liberated viṣṇu-bhaktas, and what sort of person could curse even the Lord’s associates? For unflinching devotees of the Lord to fall again to this material world is impossible. I cannot believe this.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

In Bhagavad-gītā (8.16) the Lord clearly states, mām upetya tu kaunteya punar janma na vidyate: one who is purified of material contamination and returns home, back to Godhead, does not return to this material world. Elsewhere in Bhagavad-gītā (4.9) Kṛṣṇa says: janma karma ca me divyamevaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥtyaktvā dehaṁ punar janmanaiti mām eti so ’rjuna “One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira, therefore, was surprised that a pure devotee could return to this material world. This is certainly a very important question.